America: A Country of Flawed Industries

The United States is a country that takes extensive pride in its successful industries. This focus and determination are reasons for the immense economic growth they experienced to attain this esteem as a modern superpower. However, the same industries are responsible for creating a false reality of American values and culture. Despite institutions such as […]

Modern Times (1936): An Allusion to Modernity

The use of allusion in film grants a filmmaker the ability to create a more focused and deeply inciteful film. That was the mission from Charlie Chaplin in 1936 when he made Modern Times. The film implores many visionary looks to the future of technology and industry while also making strong connections to […]

Jesus Camp (2006)

A scary look at how tax-free, election determining, religious propaganda is attempting to create a new wave of Christian Soldiers. Incredibly powerful. A documentary that outlines one of the major party defining trait within the Republican Party in the late 20th and early 21st century. Religious beliefs. Jesus Camp follows a few Evangelical Christian […]

Paths Of Glory (1957)

Written and posted: May 12th 2017. One of my first larger reviews. A Lesson of Hope and Civility In war films, the ones in question being ones based on history. So nothing like Suckerpunch or Children of Men. The common theme that should be present is that of awe and hope. The feeling a film […]

45 Years (2015)

Love is eternal. No matter the distance or time spent apart. Andrew Haigh is a fabulous director who’s films all fall under the same major theme, emotional connection. His debut Weekend, follows the connection two men find over the course of a few days. His most recent feature Lean On Pete looks at the emotional […]

Eighth Grade (2018)

Films such as The Florida Project, Call Me by Your Name and now Eighth Grade all do something special with the over-saturated genre of “Coming of Age”. They all have a main protagonist and those they associate with and tell their story in a small, confined universe and focus on character before anything else. All […]

The Tale (2018)

“When I was a child, I was obsessed with changing myself.” That is a quote that stuck with me after watching Jennifer Fox’s The Tale. If I were to watch this film knowing anymore then I did, I doubt I would have found it as breathtaking as I did after the credits started to role. Jennifer […]