by Dan | Nov 29, 2022 | film
In the introduction to Film Theory Goes to the Movies, co-editors Jim Collins, Hilary Radner and Ava Preacher Collins make the following observation regarding the treatment of film in contemporary culture: The analysis of contemporary movies has, for the most...
by Dan | Nov 29, 2022 | film
Personal essay: In the introduction to his book, Storytelling & Mythmaking: Images from Film and Literature, Frank McConnell explains: You are the hero of your own life-story. The kind of story you want to tell yourself about yourself has a lot to do...
by Dan | Nov 29, 2022 | film
Several of the films that we have screened this term – specifically Blade Runner, her, Ex Machina, and WALL•E – deal with society’s relationship with technology. While some of the predictions regarding things like robots and artificial intelligence are...
by Dan | Oct 28, 2022 | film
You will be watching a sequence from Howard Hawks’ classic action/adventure/romantic film To Have and Have Not (1944), starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall (two of the most famous actors of the time, who met, and became romantically involved in real life,...
by Dan | Oct 17, 2022 | film
Schindlers List – https://archive.org/details/Popcornarchive-schindlersList1993_azz2p Hollywood at War No subject has fascinated Hollywood more than war. Write a one page review of the film much like your film reviews. For the...
by Dan | Oct 17, 2022 | film
Patton – https://youtu.be/PSPGd991xCY Bridge on the river kwai – https://vimeo.com/523204995 Hollywood at War No subject has fascinated Hollywood more than war. Write a one page review of the film much like your...