Get Your Screenplay Right
It’s in Hollywood, indie and art film. It’s an amalgamation of capitalism and art, and the bane of your artistic career. It’s quality over content. […]
Hollywood
Miscommunication and Art – Subjectivity in Pierrot le Fou
Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le Fou (1965) is a film about miscommunication and subjectivity that illustrates the impossible task of existing simultaneously in ‘the real’ and […]
Filmmaking in New Mexico – Balancing Art & Capitalism – Infrastructure and Necessity
As a hungry but not quite ravenous artist and filmmaker, I circumvent notions of decency and decadence. I ache for the presumed romantic, free-flowing lifestyle […]
The Value of Poverty: Charles Chaplin’s Modern Times and Sturges’ Sullivan’s Travels
This article explores the representation of poverty in Charles Chaplin’s Modern Times (1936) and Preston Sturges’ Sullivan’s Travels (1941).
Argo Review
At first it seemed rather pointless to write a review of Argo at this stage. Having swept through the 2013 award season pinning down countless […]
CP’s Top 10 of 2012
The Final Countdown It’s coming towards the end of January and certain corners of the Internet are positively overflowing with reviewers’ lists of what they […]
Spike Lee to remake Oldboy into Old Boy: I’m Sorry–Come Again?
I recall the sickened faces of Park Chan-Wook’s fans after the news of a possible remake of the South Korean classic Oldboy (2003) by Steven Spielberg […]
The Marketing of Oldboy: A Recipe for British Bulgogi
In this analysis we will examine the UK reception and image of Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy (2003), focusing on the subtext of the iconic images used […]
Review of Total Recall: Total Rekall or Replay
With the number of remakes Hollywood has been churning out over the past decade, I don’t think anyone was particularly surprised when they announced that […]