Essays on Movies

Christopher Nolan’s villains all had their different motives for doing what they did. The comparison is between their driving force, their motives, modus operandum and their costumes. The ultimate goal of Batman in the Batman Trilogy was to eradicate crime and install justice and safety…

Throughout the film ‘A Beautiful Mind’, director Ron Howard successfully manipulates a range of film techniques throughout the biographical drama to assist in developing understandings on powerful ideas about mental illness. Through the depiction of central character, John Nash’s anguish, Howard aims to educate responders…

Black Panther, a recent addition to Marvel’s range of cinematic movies, was greeted with great anticipation since the announcement of its release and for good reason. Not only did the movie exhibit cinematic brilliance, but its unique representation of cultural heritage and female empowerment was…

In the story Beowulf, there are many scenes of where Grendel, Grendel’s Mother, and Beowulf seem angry or disgusted. Grendel comes across vicious and always angry, but he is angry for a reason. Grendel is angry towards mankind because he feels that God is blessing…

Gender roles unremarkably have deadly ramifications for people that battle to fill their allotted generalization. The Mask you live In, that spotlights on anyway society’s skinny which means of masculinity can cause further hurt than wise. The picture shows a good exhibit of the inconveniences…

Amelie is a french film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the film was released in November of 2001 and the genre is a Romance/Comedy. Amelie’s clothing choice, hairstyle, and her makeup have a very 1920’s/30’s inspired style, but with a modern twist to it. Amelie’s clothing…

Since the beginning of cinema, Hollywood has been obsessed with the newest, youngest and prettiest actress in the industry. While young women are cast in daring lead roles, women over 40 are often cast in secondary roles such as the mother or housewife. 1950’s drama…

Love is just like a disease, you don’t know when it affects your body. You will only know it when you notice the changes in your body, physically and emotionally. Love is a powerful thing in the world that can change a person’s perspective in…

Renowned comic extraordinaire Scott McCloud believes that comics have been in presence for a relatively long time. He argues that many fine works of art are mistakenly classified as other works of art rather, as opposed to being referenced as comics. McCloud also clarifies the…

“Most non-Lebanese people passing by our pavilion at this year’s Cannes film festival seem to think that Lebanese cinema is only a decade or so old. Of course, they can be forgiven for thinking that, since the last decade has brought with it a renaissance…