What is the crime in A Passage to India? What are African folktales? What mystery genre is Murder at St. Oswald's? What is commercial fiction? What tropes of Noir are present in Double Indemnity? In what style is The Woman in Black written?
There are so many things we got to do in this final episode, but also so many things we didn’t get to do—there are a lot of thank yous owed to peeps like web sherpa Adam Knave, the fine folks at American 9th Art Studios, Dominic L. Franco, and of course Empress Audrey. Really...
What tropes of Noir are present in Double Indemnity? What does Tom symbolize in The Devil and Tom Walker? What does black and white symbolize in The Stranger? Discuss the theme of racism in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. What are the themes present in the film Crazy Rich Asians...
These sketches often utilize the stylistictropesof a movie or TVgenre(Film Noir, Action,Horror, etc). And they either apply it to mundane situations or heighten the genre tropes until they create a “sketch world” completely detached from reality. ...
Each of them brings depth and nuance to their roles, making the characters not only believable but deeply human. Verdict In an era where horror storytelling, whether on web or in theatres, often leans on tired tropes like jump scares, gore, folklore, and a parade of ghosts, goblins, ...
These criteria for what makes a movie “Oscar-worthy” can have an influence on a director’s creativity. The pressure to follow a predetermined list of award-winning tropes may impede storytelling variation and innovation. “I think that there’s always a conflict between money and art, betwee...
Distinguishing her as a visionary to be reckoned with, she re-examines the white saviour and Black boogeyman tropes in this bold horror reimagining. No sequel has done more for the Black gaze or for scary stuff in mirrors.~ It takes an incisive, visually thrilling approach to deepening the ...
10 Perfect Gangster Movie Fight Scenes That Are Flawless From Beginning to EndSony Brings Darren Aronofsky to Las Vegas to Debut Trailer of Austin Butler-Starrer ’Caught Stealing’ [Caught Stealing is a great book and the start of a great trilogy – JB]...
It can sound a little heavy, feminist film theory, but it’s such an important part of cinema and its development, not to mention leading to some of the fantastic women filmmakers today.
The Social Dilemma Get ready: that odd sense someone's looking over your shoulder as you type into Google's search bar is about to feel completely justified, in the worst way. Have we crossed over from the era of information to the era of misinformation? How are the words we type into...