Film Analyses

The Importance of Dystopia in Sci-fi / Horror

Turning on the news, what takes over is a... disheartening presentiment about the future. Questionable governments, selfish, narrow-minded masses voting for these governments, sociological...

Powerful Sequences, Defining Soundtracks

After watching a film, you leave the cinema or turn the TV off. While thinking about whether you liked it, do you break down...

Influential, Dissuasive, and Thought-Provoking Monologues

Intro/Intention We live in troubled times. Society had always been in the crosshairs, and its fragility, every so often, showed more than others. Ever since...

Epic Plot Holes in Iconic Films

Introduction Hollywood... From micro-budget to blockbuster films, Hollywood is responsible for critically and financially acclaimed successes and unprecedentedly epic failures simultaneously. For better or for...

This is England ’83 / ’86 / ’88 / ’90

"Combo: Men have laid down their lives for this. For this... and for what? So people can stick their fucking flag in the ground...

The Qatsi Trilogy

Introduction I found it hard to start writing about this. Therefore, I can only imagine how hard it would be to start filming it, editing...

Original vs Remake: Hollywood’s Need to Retell the Story (or the Lack Thereof)

Think of a film from the distant or not-so-distant past that you would like to watch as a remake with different actors or upgraded...

Indie, Low Budget, and Utterly Mind-Bending

Intro/Intention Hollywood! The dominant player in the movie business. The place where billions are invested (or just spent ?) every year in a handful of...

Adapting 300: Mise-en-scène and Visual Effects

Logline: In 480 BC, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans marches to Thermopylae to prevent the Persians, the greatest empire the world had ever seen,...

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