This Saturday I rewatched George Lucas’ Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope with my roommate who had never seen the legendary series. After some deliberation we decided to watch the movies in order of...Read More
Well, that was a trip. Holy Motors follows the multiple lives of Monsieur Oscar (Denis Lavant). A businessman, a beggar woman, a motion-capture performer, a deranged, cannibalistic, exhibitionist lepr...Read More
As a viewer of today’s film screening, I would just like to say that my initial thoughts after the film ended was “what the hell did Professor Zinman just have us watch.” This film w...Read More
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
Going into this film, I expected to see people getting crafty to make the stereotypical flashy drag outfits, accompanied by a tight-knit community that was bonded over similar backgrounds. I had a ver...Read More
I found myself at odds with Paris is Burning. Jennie Livingston’s vividly candid documentary utilizes the aesthetic of ballroom culture to the maximum, leaving the viewer unable to look away eve...Read More
I really enjoyed watching Paris is Burning this week. Before class today, I had no idea what the film was about, and when I learned it follows the ballroom scene in NYC, I was extremely excited to see...Read More
Choosing to end a documentary that centers around specific people with coming back to them later is a common convention in documentaries and narrative films centered around real people/events. However...Read More
Nope was a movie I had to seen before and wanted to desperately due to my love for the movies “Us” and “Get Out”, and safe to say Jordan Peele did not disappoint this time eith...Read More
While watching Jordan Peeles hit film NOPE I was intrigued from the start. It seemed that there were so many underlying meanings that had yet to be unveiled and I was on the edge of my seat waiting to...Read More