As with most debut films, Cassavetes made Shadows on a shoe-string budget accompanied by inexperienced actors. And similar to other...

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High and Low’s complex treatment of film structure is indicative of Akira Kurosawa’s proficient cinema. There’s a common idea scattered...

Nearly all directors have presented a film that incorporates their attributes and characteristics. For Terrence Malick, one could argue...

What tends to characterize the films of Paul Thomas Anderson is their ability to present small-centered storylines in larger-than-life...

Has there been an independent filmmaker in the modern landscape of cinema more respected than that of Wes Anderson? It seems that every...

In the Criterion Channel's August catalog for newly added films, included are a number of key films in the work of Budd Boetticher. His...

Much like Barton Fink in its critique of the movie-making industry, Nightmare Alley is a sociological critique on the egotism found in a...

Shoah helps its audience truly comprehend the aftermath of the Holocaust. In the film's 9+ hour-long runtime, director Claude Lanzman...

There are certain nods to the idea of human purpose throughout Barton Fink that echo the ideas of filmmaking and the people involved with...

In Sullivan's Travels, Preston Sturges pokes fun at the idea of the Hollywood elite living amongst the members of the working class, and...

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On the one-year anniversary of my website, I wanted to do something out of the norm. What better way than to revisit my favorite film,...

By looking at my favorite films, you can easily point out my love for film noir. The Third Man, a staple in the genre, rests at the very...

In the wake of the immense popularity of the French New Wave and other foreign film movements during the 1960s, Hollywood transitioned...

Whenever a comedian of some sort decides to change their style of comedy, it comes with a forewarning of a potential disaster. Audiences...