I might be the only person I know who can’t really feel immersed in TV shows. I often feel the corporate release schedule and network expectations result in a watered-down and exaggerated story....Read More
Jordan Peele is an anime nerd! During the film’s climax, Em Haywood (Keke Palmer) pulls off a motorcycle slide in the California desert, mirroring the iconic Akira slide from the 1988 film Akira...Read More
Something that immediately grasped my attention when looking for themes in the film NOPE was the theme of marginalization. The film opened pretty early on with a setting of OJ and his sister Emerald H...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
Just when I thought Singin’ in the Rain was commentary on moviemaking, I watched NOPE: a patchwork quilt of genres. Sci-fi, horror, western, thriller, comedy—without Emerald Haywood’s (Keke Palm...Read More
Jordan Peele’s Nope, unlike many films does not even come close to confining itself simply to one genre. Not only is there strong elements of horror and western, the sub-genre of comedy and sci-...Read More
Jordan Peele’s Nope (2022) is a film that melds together a lot of interesting ideas about race, entertainment, and science fiction told in the lens of a thriller Western, the cinematic equivalent to...Read More
Chapter 9 of Film Art covers the concept of genre; authors Bordwell, Thompson, and Smith discuss the definition of genre, its conventions, history, social functions, significant genres over time, and ...Read More
This week’s reading in Film Art focuses on genre, highlighting specific conventions utilized in certain types of films and noting the common themes they express. The author discusses technical eleme...Read More
Simply put, genre is what separates films into different narrative categories. While no concise definitions exist for any particular genre, they are easily recognizable through the film as they are ty...Read More