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Marooned

May 13th, 2024

Regarding the film Marooned In "Marooned," there is a subplot involving the astronauts’ communication with their families from space. The astronauts are allowed to have brief communication sessions with their wives via a video link, which becomes a source of emotional support and comfort for both the astronauts and their loved ones during the crisis. However, there is some obfuscation surrounding the communication link due to the severity of the situation and the desire to minimize public pan...

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Prescribing Creativity - The Meta-Diaries of Marion Milner

May 9th, 2024

Marion Milner, The Angry Parrot. All images from Marion Milner’s On Not Being Able to Paint (Routledge, 2010), reproduced by permission of Taylor and Francis Group."Before the problem of the creative artist," Freud famously declared in an essay on Russian literature, "analysis must, alas, lay down its arms." Our creative potential—as it is expressed in the most ordinary dream or jokes, or in the extraordinary compositions of great artists—has always been a vital theme in psychoanalysis, but i...

Road House - 2024

May 9th, 2024

Rowdy Herrington’s Road House (1989) slipped through the cracks of screen culture in its era, but quickly became a cult object exemplifying that era. A subject for controversy for its over-the-top violence, apparently from those afraid teenage girls lusting after star Patrick Swayze after Dirty Dancing (1987) might go see it and learn interesting ways to break bones, Road House still failed to entice the kinds of action movie fans it needed, who apparently didn’t buy Swayze as a genre star, o...

Apocalypse When

May 6th, 2024

Fully: "Apocalypse When: Our Fascination with 'The End' since the Ancient World - Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas" Skip to content May 6, 2024 ...

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Cop Hater - 1958

May 2nd, 2024

From Dr of DoomCop Hater is a 1958 American crime B-movie based on one of Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct novels. Since it’s a crime movie shot in black-and-white a lot of people have succumbed to the temptation to assume it’s film noir. It isn’t. Not even close. It’s a tough police procedural, just as the Ed McBain novels are police procedurals. It’s a hot day in the city. Apparently all it takes is a hot day and everyone goes crazy and starts killing people. A cop named Reardon gets gunned down i...

Revenge Films - perspective from Denmark

April 27th, 2024

From: 16-9.dk Apr 25, 2024 by Joachim Smed-Petersen, Josefine Bjerre Lyndgaard & Karen Marie The female avenger exists in countless forms, universes and genres and has been a rapidly developing character especially since the 1970s. We see her as the femme fatale in film noir, we get to know her through the rape revenge genre, and we fall in love with her when, in the 1990s and 2000s, she becomes a celebrated and more common female figure on film. But where is the female avenger today, and ho...

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Computational Perspective on the Millennium Trilogy

April 23rd, 2024

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Aftersun and the reflective property of memory

April 10th, 2024

Chama Al Houari (f. 2002) is an aspiring filmmaker from Morocco. She is currently studying at NSKI in Oslo, and is passionate about film history and how movies reflects the world.*I walk into the theater not knowing what to expect, something about a father and a daughter. Something about a critically acclaimed directorial debut. Aftersun. The film starts, and I brace myself for another conventionally unconventional A24 flick. But before I know it, without warning, I’m looking at the broken pi...

Somebody’s Always Listening

April 5th, 2024

Paramount Pictures/Ringer illustration            As the release of Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded, $100 million extravaganza ‘Megalopolis’ nears, it’s worth revisiting ‘The Conversation’ from 50 years ago as a reminder of what it looks (and sounds) like when a master is at work"At my age, I can afford for film to be a passion and not a business." That’s what Francis Ford Coppola told me 15 years ago during an interview about his 2009 film, Tetro, a glossy, quasi-autobiographical melodram...

Jonah and genre

April 5th, 2024

Jonah and genre - OUPReading a piece of writing—from instruction manual, to sports page, to Op-Ed piece—according to its genre is something we do so naturally that it seems odd to even talk about it. Indeed, the very phrase "reading according to genre" sounds odd itself, entirely too formal, perhaps suitable for some English or Comparative Literature class, but hardly something that normal people do when reading normal things on an everyday basis. While that is true, to some degree at least, ...

Text of Light - Staying Vertical

April 4th, 2024

Text of Light No. 3Staying Vertical by Jordan Cronk Last month I visited the Academy Museum’s exhibition "Shifting Perspectives: Celebrating Vertical Cinema," for which a trio of Southern Californian artists were commissioned to make short works to be projected onto a 20-foot-tall screen in the 9:16 aspect ratio—essentially a lengthwise inversion of the standard widescreen frame. Inspired by a concept by Sonic Acts, an interdisciplinary arts organization in Amsterdam that’s been presenting pr...

Fear as Original Sin

March 31st, 2024

Fear as Original Sin Certainly! The concept of "fear as the original sin" is an intriguing perspective that diverges from the more common understanding of the original sin based on the story in the book of Genesis. Let's explore this idea further. Original Sin: Traditional Interpretation The traditional view of original sin is rooted in the biblical account of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. According to this interpretation:The Fall: Adam and Eve, the first human beings, were placed in ...

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Mind-Bending Movies That Feature Dark Twists | Wealth of Geeks

March 29th, 2024

26 Mind-Bending Movies That Feature Dark Twists | Wealth of Geeks 26 Mind-Bending Movies That Feature Dark Twists | Wealth of Geeks https://flip.it/0kBrb5What's your favorite aspect of a film? For countless film buffs, it's that precise moment when all of your preconceived notions about where the story is going

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Summary of The Ear the Eye and the arm by Nancy Farmer

March 28th, 2024

Certainly! "The Ear, the Eye, and The Arm" by Nancy Farmer is a captivating science fiction novel set in the year 2194 in Zimbabwe. Let me provide you with a detailed summary: 1. Setting and Characters: The story unfolds in Harare, the dense and crime-ridden capital of Zimbabwe. Three siblings—Rita, Kuda, and Tendai—are the protagonists. They are held captive by the ruthless General Matsika, who seeks to eradicate crime from the country. 2. Escape and Mutant Detectives: The childr...

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Anton Corbijn to Direct Switzerland - Set to Shoot This Fall

March 13th, 2024

I exclusively reported last year about this project. Dutch filmmaker Anton Corbijn is preparing to shoot a new film, his first feature in over nine years, titled "Switzerland." We now know that production is expected to begin in the fall of 2024.The film will tackle a fictional version of author, Patricia Highsmith, involved in a stressful relationship with her ambitious literary agent. Highsmith, who spent the last days of her life in Switzerland, will be played by British actress Helen Mirr...

Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling

March 12th, 2024

Across the vast field of storytelling history, foreshadowing is a plot device and a tool that successfully shapes the audience’s engagement. Delicate, but strategically placed hints, can add plot twists to any story. From ancient tales to modern blockbusters, foreshadowing has been present in narratives for centuries. Read on to learn more about how it helps shape different films and stories. The Art of Foreshadowing in Cinematic Storytelling        Storytelling image. Source: Faculty Focus ...

Brawniest Remake of 2024 is of worst Hollywood trend

March 12th, 2024

— Prime Video It’s uncertain whether or not a remake of Road House was necessary, but Doug Liman’s retelling of the 1989 Patrick Swayze cult classic is surprisingly instructive. It captures, for better and worse, everything about the current era of Hollywood filmmaking, resulting in a movie that’s often riotously funny, but ends up lacking in every way that the original succeeded — including being a completed production ready for release.The 2024 Road House follows Jake Gyllenhaal’s Elwood Da...

Light and Heat - Shakespeare

March 7th, 2024

Download PDF1994Qs: Light and Heat; CordeliaShakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 5, No. 0471. Saturday, 28 May 1994. (1) From: David Evett <R0870%TAONODE@VMCMS.CSUOHIO.EDU> Date: Thursday, 26 May 1994 16:25 ET Subj: Light and Heat (2) From: Pamela Bunn <BUNN@HWS.BITNET> Date: Friday, 27 May 1994 17:35:51 -0500 (EST) Subj: Re: Cordelia (1)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ...

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Spaceman - 2024 movie analysis

March 2nd, 2024

Netflix’s new sci-fi film "Spaceman," starring Adam Sandler, follows the story of an astronaut on a solitary research voyage to outer space. However, during his solo mission, he encounters an alien creature that leads him to a somber realization: his self-absorbed world is the cause of his estranged relationship with his wife. Is it too late for him to set things right?This article contain spoilers; readers discretion advised.Spaceman (2024) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis:Commander Jakub P...