Essays on Film Analysis

The unconventional, stylistic approach of “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya” has been brought to the attention of several curious individuals, gaining a plethora of positive remarks from both film critics and audience viewers alike. A review by Mark Kermode praises the film for its…

Introduction “I Love Lucy” is an American television, black and white series ran from October 15, 1951 to May 16, 1957 on CBS. In the switching episode, Rickey wants Lucy to do work and earn money because she spends a lot of money on shopping…

Riley Scott crafts a masterful insight into the esoteric elements of his film’s inspiration…with a touch of cinematic originality, writes DYLAN MORTIMORE. W hat constitutes the “real deal”? In the case of a novel to film adaptation, this is a subtle conundrum. And so, when…

Not knowing what is a lie and what is the truth. Thinking of noir films, in Bronfen’s Gender and Noir, the femme fatale supports Bronfen’s claims of how the Maltese Falcon sets a generic tone regarding the sacrifice of a woman who knows how to…

How people build their social identities is based on the images and stories in film, music, TV and other media. How they feel about these identities also comes largely from the media. Because of this, the media is a powerful machine that can help to…

New discoveries are necessary in instigating one’s personal growth, as they often lead to reformed perceptions, in turn encouraging the development of new values and beliefs. Simon Nasht’s documentary Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History (2004) and Tim Winton’s short, coming of age story…

There are many versions of the same story that powers A Star is Born, which has seen three remakes up until now. The original 1937 film starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March was remade in 1954 and 1976, and with its third remake, we see…

The documentary, “Yellow is Forbidden” published to be view at the Vancouver Film Festival on October 10, 2018 director Pietra Brettkelly featured a Chinese fashion designer, Guo Pei demonstrates her journey and challenges she had overcome to host her first ever runway show in Paris….

HUMSS-11 FACTS OF THE CASE: Private William T. Santiago, a Marine at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba was not that good of a soldier as he was always left out during trainings, performed badly due to his health issues, and did not care…

Roger Scruton’s documentary “Why Beauty Matters” evaluates post-modernist art culture through a perspective that assumes art has become a sort of “standardised degradation”. It can be assumed Scruton believes postmodernism is a ‘cult of ugliness’; arguing the importance of transcendental nature of beauty. Despite these…