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Shadows (1959)| Review

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

Faces| Review

Faces doesn’t function like average cinema. It doesn’t contain the same three-act structure and hero’s journey setup that audiences have...

High and Low| Review

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

Mulholland Drive| Review

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

Licorice Pizza| Review

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

The French Dispatch| Review

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

Seven Men From Now| Review

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...

Nightmare Alley (1947)| Review

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

Reflections on Shoah| Essay

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

Barton Fink| Review

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

An Interview with Mr. Peter Canavese

While in junior high, Bellarmine teacher Mr. Peter Canavese started writing his first set of film reviews. Over the years, Peter Canavese...

The Vanishing (1988)| Review

--------------------------------------------MILD SPOILERS-------------------------------------- For a director like Stanley Kubrick...

Night and the City (1950)| Review

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...

An Interview With Mike D'Angelo

In 1984, Mike D’Angelo wrote his first review which was Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense for his school newspaper. Over the years, his...

The Graduate| Review

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

A Night at the Opera (1935)| Review

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

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