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Author: Rowan Miller

Civil War (2024) and its Themes

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Rowan Miller
This was an enjoyable movie. It was exciting and captivating, and it had action. Civil War is a 2024 film directed by Alex Garland. It is set in a time in America where there is a civil war going on i... Read More

Why Everyone Should Watch Veep

Posted on December 4, 2024December 4, 2024 by Rowan Miller
A couple of months ago I started watching the show Veep per my dad’s recommendation. I am only on season 4 but the quality of the show has not wavered between seasons. Veep is a satirical comedy sho... Read More

Experimental Film Form and Holy Motors

Posted on November 11, 2024November 11, 2024 by Rowan Miller
Art cinema is something I have an unsure opinion on. While it often is cinematically beautiful and very creative. I sometimes will find myself bored or not really getting the point. However, there are... Read More

Form and Critique of Paris is Burning

Posted on November 7, 2024November 7, 2024 by Rowan Miller
Going into Paris is Burning (Livingston, 1990), I didn’t have a lot of knowledge about ballroom culture in New York, so it was interesting to learn about a new topic. I thought the film did a good j... Read More

Citizen Kane from a 1941 perspective

Posted on October 16, 2024October 16, 2024 by Rowan Miller
I read a film review of Citizen Kane by John C. Flinn Sr. This review was very interesting to me because it is from 1941, the year when the movie came out. I thought it was cool to read a review from ... Read More

Form and Realism in Film

Posted on September 30, 2024September 30, 2024 by Rowan Miller
This week’s reading was a bit more difficult for me than our typical textbook reading. I had to reread sections of the articles multiple times to fully understand exactly what the author was arg... Read More

Editing in All That Heaven Allows and How it Contributes to the Narrative

Posted on September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 by Rowan Miller
All That Heaven Allows is a 1950s melodrama that lives up to its genre but also is much more than that. There are many overly dramatized scenes and dramatized language like “I can’t bear”. Howev... Read More

Wes Anderson’s Inspiration and Intentions for The Grand Budapest Hotel

Posted on September 11, 2024September 12, 2024 by Rowan Miller
After watching The Grand Budapest Hotel, I wanted to know more about Wes Anderson’s inspiration for the movie and more insight from him about the movie. I found an interview that Anderson did with L... Read More

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