Bong Joon Ho’s Academy Award winning film, Parasite, is appropriately billed as a “black comedy thriller,” but it’s also a strong critique of socio-economic systems and an illustration of class struggle in a way that transcends nationality.
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Movie Monday: The Menu
More and more filmmakers seem to be looking for ways to make their stories stand out and push the boundaries of standard cinematic structure, and The Menu is a great example of how to mix things up without losing the viewer or forgoing foolproof formula.
Movie Monday: The Prestige
While I set out to write an essay on the movie version of The Prestige, I ended up reading the novel, too, and comparing the script to the book. Note that I did use the screenplay that was published in book form, not the shooting script PDF like I usually do for my MFA annotations.… Continue reading Movie Monday: The Prestige
Movie Monday: Sherlock Holmes
Readers (and viewers) need not know anything of Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation to appreciate the timeless relationship of a Holmes and his Watson, which in Johnson’s version is demonstrated in the shortest of dialogues and the sharpest of monologues.
Thoughts on Screenwriting
On Feb. 16, 2021, I had an idea for a feature film. In the next 12 days, I filled out a beat sheet, note-carded every scene, digitized those notes in PowerPoint (revising all the while), researched locations, watched half a dozen movies and several interviews with famous directors and screenwriters, and wrote the first 47 pages of my movie.
Movie Monday: Timothée Chalamet
Meet Timothée Chalamet — he's not yet 25, and already he's been awarded and nominated for numerous awards for his performances in indie and blockbuster films alike.
Movie Monday: The Aeronauts
THE AERONAUTS has been described as "GRAVITY meets FREE SOLO," and though I haven't seen the latter, this seems to be a reasonable comparison. There's drama, love and loss, realism and historical significance, female empowerment and the championing of the underdog archetype, and just straight-up adventure, which I found highly entertaining.
Movie Monday: Joe Versus the Volcano
Based in Long Island, New York, Joe vs. the Volcano is the story of a thirty-something ex-firefighter, Joe Banks (Tom Hanks), who has "a very lousy job" at a petroleum jelly and rectal probe factory in the advertising department.
Caitlin M.S. Buxbaum 