Review: Burning (2018)
Adapted from Haruki Murakami’s short story Barn Burning, Burning (2018), the seventh work by Korean director Lee Chang-dong is another example of his unique film style. Feb 14, 2022
Review: Don’t Look Up (2021)
Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up (2021) is a hilarious yet extremely concerning portrayal of where society seems to be headed amid extreme polarization of politics, the threat of climate change, and distrust of the government. Feb 14, 2022
I Found It At The Movies
Last week, I was in a campus café holding the largest chocolate brownie I’d ever seen. It was so large, I wasn’t sure whether to attempt eating it or, get planning permission to build on it. Suddenly, it occurred to me that seeing a film is like going on a …
The Room: How Loving Film Keeps Film Alive
Many people would consider Tommy Wiseau’s 2003 film The Room as the absolute worst film of all time. With it’s horrible editing, unnecessary sex scenes that are way too long, out of focus filming, untrained acting, and an inability to ever close the door when someone leaves a room, there …
Community: The TV Show for Cinephiles
Since it debuted in 2009, Community has been an underrated show. Airing on a Thursday night on NBC, directly after three landmark American sitcoms: The Office, Parks and Recreation and 30 Rock, Community always struggled to make its mark. To this day, there are people that base their entire personalities …
My Own Cinephila: Identity and Belfast (2021)
While studying film at university, instead of being grateful for my Eastern/Central European perspective, I often worried that my cinephilia felt different, looked different, and even sounded different from my peers. I struggled with what cinephilia was to me and what it should be according to how I saw it …
