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“I will make you the greatest dancer the world has ever known”: The Red Shoes, and the blurred lines
In Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale ‘The Red Shoes’ (Danish: De røde sko), a maiden is cursed to dance in a pair of red shoes for the...
Azka Nawal
Jun 27, 2021


Two For The Road & The Roads of Marriage
“They don’t look very happy” “Why should they? They just got married” This is the hard-bitten opening to Stanley Donen’s 1967 film, Two...
Azka Nawal
Jun 5, 2021


The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and The Sandman: Bent Reality & Crooked Truths in Modern Filmmaking
The walls are slanted. Shadows crookedly reach around corners: the angles too severe, the colors distorted. This may sound like a...
Tünde Paule
May 29, 2021


Body Team 12: The Essence of Documentary Filmmaking
In thirteen minutes, the short documentary film Body Team 12 shows the resilience of human beings, as well as the deep injustices that...
Tünde Paule
May 15, 2021


Katharine Hepburn, The Philadelphia Story, and Why We Love A Good Comeback Narrative
“Wake up! Hollywood producers” demanded the ad on May 4th, 1938. The call? That certain studios were better off letting go of certain...
Azka Nawal
May 8, 2021


Beasts of the Southern Wild: A Look at Emotion, Lighting, and Sound
Showing the best and worst of human nature on screen can be difficult, especially if that story involves family. But Beasts of the...
Tünde Paule
May 1, 2021


The Father: A Review
Florian Zeller’s directorial debut lends us a view into the day-to-day life of a man with dementia, and it is at once devastating and...
Azka Nawal
Apr 25, 2021


Why You Should Care About The Oscars' Short Film Selection
The Oscar’s… why do we care? Try as we might, Gen Z are not immune to the magic of one of Hollywood’s most reactionary homes of...
Isla
Apr 24, 2021
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