By Kyle Turner With his sunken face and an expression that reads as if the weight of the world rests rather heavily on his shoulders, Martin LaSelle looks like a more awkward Casey Affleck. Not […]
The concept of silence encompasses more than the absence of sound. Silence informs containing emotion. It reveals and represses our darkest secrets. Capturing the nuances of film remains a difficult task to accomplish. Through music, […]
François Truffaut’s French New Wave masterpiece Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim, 1962) provides a great primer for those curious viewers trying to unravel the complexities and beauty of the film movement. To provide a bit of […]
The motif of triangles in Roman Polanski’s Knife in the Water… Gah! Who am I kidding? If anyone tried to write on the literal and figurative triangles in this film, they’d wind up in the madhouse […]
Teinosuke Kinugasa’s colorful (literally – not figuratively) chamber drama Gate of Hell (1953) took home a slew of awards from 1954-1955 from Cannes to the Oscars. It quickly became one of the most beloved and acclaimed Japanese […]
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