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Jordan Peele’s Us is certainly a unique take on the horror genre and many viewers and critics have even detected political and racial themes built into the story. As someone who is generally not much of a horror movie fan, I was curious how this was going to turn out based on all of theContinue reading “Us Film Blog”

What a bizarre movie. One day I might be able to wrap my head around what I just witnessed in Mulholland Dr., but I am honestly not that confident. I do not know what the goal of the director was, because that would probably require me to understand what actually happened in the film. MaybeContinue reading “Mulholland Dr. Film Blog”

As a History Major and lover of history, especially World War II, one of my favorite periods, Inglorious Basterds is an interesting film. It is at once a historical film while also being completely and utterly fictional. It does not attempt to tell history as it happened. In fact, historical correctness seems to be quiteContinue reading “Inglorious Basterds Film Blog”

For this week’s film, we look at the classic historical film Bonnie and Clyde. Famous and innovative for its new style, it helped usher in the next era of filmmaking, especially in the United States. The major thing that was so new about this film was its more graphic violence and much more obvious sexualContinue reading “Bonnie and Clyde Blog”

As the first film in the next stage of our course, The 400 Blows represents the departure from “Hollywood’s Golden Age,” which we have been studying, and onwards towards the next era in film making. An influential film that was part of the so-called “French New Wave” movement, The 400 Blows follows the trials andContinue reading “Film Class Blog for The 400 Blows”

Jimmy Stewart was a Hollywood icon. So was Grace Kelly. And so was Alfred Hitchcock. What viewers get in Rear Window was a collision course of their talents. I, like I presume many modern Americans, identify Stewart with his iconic role as George Bailey in the classic film It’s A Wonderful Life. Somehow, I hadContinue reading “Blog Post for Rear Window”

The film Sunset Boulevard, the work of Billy Wilder, is an interesting take on Hollywood in what we now call its “Golden Age.” Following the relationship between a young writer, struggling to keep his career afloat, and an aging and forgotten star of Hollywood’s silent films, it is both a critique of the cutthroat natureContinue reading “Blog Post for Sunset Boulevard”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

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