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Gender At War PT I: Films Portraying Women On The Front-line
Gender At War PT I: Films Portraying Women On The Front-line

We have plenty of excellent and notable films about women in wartime, but their narratives are all too familiar. Often the female protagonist is waiting for the return of her husband or lover, or she is grieving at sending her sons off to war (The Marriage of Maria Braun, Private Peaceful). Sometimes, the war itself exploits and manipulates the nature of our protagonists leading them to betray their country (Rome Open City, to name but one).

Critically-Hated Films That Deserve A Second Chance
Film Inquiry Recommends: Critically-Hated Films That Deserve A Second Chance

Over at our official Facebook page, we are currently posting daily film recommendations, with each week being a different theme. This is a collection of those recommendations! This week’s theme is critically-hated films that deserve a second chance.

Positive Psychology & Film: Flow
Positive Psychology & Film: Flow

“Inside each and every one of us is one true authentic swing … Somethin’ we was born with … Somethin’ that’s ours and ours alone …

SEOUL SEARCHING: A Love Letter To John Hughes
SEOUL SEARCHING: A Love Letter To John Hughes

Growing up as a first generation Asian American, I looked to television and cinema for hints to “fit in” with all the other Americans, to improve my grammar and English, to embrace the idea of being American. In that transition, I severed some of my Filipino roots. I can understand Tagalog, but I can’t speak it.

Swipe Left: Modern Dating In THE LOBSTER
Swipe Left: Modern Dating In THE LOBSTER

Director Yorgo Lanthimos first grabbed the world’s attention with Alps and the seismic Dogtooth. Recently, he sprung another biting, absurdist satire into the festival circuit with The Lobster. It takes place in a world in which relationships are mandatory; the characters, all newly single, or newly of age, are detained in a hotel that works, basically, as a deadly speed dating service.

Film Inquiry Recommends: Movies Made For TV
Film Inquiry Recommends: Movies Made For TV

Over at our official Facebook page, we are currently posting daily film recommendations, with each week being a different theme. This is a collection of those recommendations! This week’s theme is movies made for TV.

Positive Psychology & Film: Atypical Dating Scripts
Positive Psychology & Film: Atypical Dating Scripts

Films and culture provide us with scripts that help us make sense of dating and sexuality. Unfortunately, many of the scripts are outdated.

The Shadow Of German Expressionism
The Shadow Of German Expressionism In Cinema

German expressionism was an art movement that began life around 1910 emerging in architecture, theatre and art. Expressionism art typically presented the world from a subjected view and thus attempted to show a distorted view of this world to evoke a mood or idea. The emotional meaning of the object is what mattered to the artist and not the physical reality.

Film Inquiry Recommends: Japanese Crime Films
Film Inquiry Recommends: Japanese Crime Films

Over at our official Facebook page, we are currently posting daily film recommendations. Each week has a different theme. This is a collection of those recommendations!

Positive Psychology & Film Films Featuring Ethnic Minorities
Positive Psychology & Film: Films Featuring Ethnic Minorities

It’s critical that media show that all people belong. However, very few films in the United States are made by and about ethnic minorities.

OCD In Film: An Analysis Of MATCHSTICK MEN
OCD In Film: An Analysis Of MATCHSTICK MEN

Whenever I watch a Nicholas Cage movie I feel myself expecting to see a certain eccentricity in his performance. His over the top outbursts or erratic body movements distance away from more serious tones and instead cross over into that of slapstick comedy. Cage’s acting has always entertained me, yet my ironic enjoyment often makes it hard to take his characters seriously.

To Live Deliciously: Post-Recession Anxiety In THE WITCH

Set in 1630, Robert Eggers’ The Witch follows a family banished from a Puritan community and forced to live, isolated and penniless, in a remote woodlands shack. Soon, malevolent forces begin to molest the kids and infect the goat, and the family is engulfed in a maelstrom of religious hysteria and occultist magic. With its deeply unsettling atmosphere and frenzied performances, The Witch has (not undeservedly) become one of the most acclaimed horror films of the new millennium, with many critics praising its attention to detail and the slow-burning tension of its narrative (as well as its mascot:

On Live-Action Remakes: Bringing Life To Disney Classics
On Live-Action Remakes: Bringing Life To Disney Classics

Concerning remakes in modern cinematic environments, there is a strong dominance during recent years involving large companies and production studios to provide audiences with an extensive range of remakes and indistinguishable plots and storylines with the twist of live action appearances. Speculations regarding Disney in particular are most prominent in terms of feature film announcements, with approximately 16 possible films arriving in the future that focus on existing narratives and characters. There are different approaches to this that Disney are experimenting on, from remaking the same story faithfully, adapting a different spin to the classics or even creating long awaited sequels – such as Mary Poppins Returns, set for release Dec 2018.

Film Inquiry Recommends: Underrated 1980’s Horror Films

Over at our official Facebook page, we are currently posting daily film recommendations, with each week being a different theme. This is a collection of those recommendations! This week’s theme is underrated horror films from the 1980’s.

Music & Film Cross-Over: Green Jelly Interview
Music & Film Cross-Over: Green Jelly Interview

A while ago, I had the pleasure of speaking with one of the members of the legendary band Green Jelly, Matt Groopie. I had originally planned on speaking with Matt about the small Canadian tour that Green Jelly had taken in the beginning of May, but my plans changed quickly after experiencing what I considered to be one of the most entertaining live shows I had ever seen. That being said, I should make it clear that I’ve been to hundreds of shows and concerts.