By Elazar Abrahams A few years ago, I wrote a paper for a crime fiction class, which follows below. It’s a close read of one of the Coen Brothers’ earliest and best films, Fargo. Good […]
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Piece by Piece – Review
Piece by Piece snaps into theaters on October 11. By Alex Fischer Piece by Piece is a new musical biopic about hip-hop star and producer Pharrell Williams. It is also, strangely, a Lego movie. In […]
‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ + Film as a Visual Medium
By Elazar Abrahams A few years ago, I wrote a paper for a film class, which follows below. The assignment was a scene analysis, a close read of a piece from any film on the […]
Lee – Review
Lee snaps into theaters on September 27. Lee is the kind of film that aims to transcend the usual biopic mold, yet despite its ambition, it often feels bound by convention. Directed by Ellen Kuras […]
Framing ‘Rear Window’
By Elazar Abrahams A few years ago, I wrote a paper for a film class, which follows below. The assignment was a frame analysis, a close read of a few seconds from any film on […]
Transformers One – Review
Transformers One rolls into theaters on September 20. By Elazar Abrahams Let’s get this out of the way—I’m not a die-hard Transformers fan. I’ve never seen the live-action films except for last summer’s Rise of […]
The Idea of You – Review
The Idea of You is now streaming on Prime Video. By Greg Wheeler Amazon Prime Video’s latest film, The Idea of You, brings to life the 2017 novel by Robin Lee, which was loosely inspired […]
Shooting Slapstick: Singin’ in the Rain
By Elazar Abrahams Last night, I rewatched Singin’ in the Rain, a film that just gets richer and richer with each viewing. While the titular number is so iconic, and I’ve been humming “All I […]
Megamind vs the Doom Syndicate – Review
Megamind vs the Doom Syndicate and all episodes of its companion series, Megamind Rules!, are now streaming on Peacock. By Zachary Greenberg 2010’s Megamind was one of the best and funniest animated films of all […]
Drive-Away Dolls – Review
Drive-Away Dolls is now in theaters. By Zachary Greenberg I’d like to consider myself an avid movie-goer, trying to attend at least one movie a month in the theaters. There’s something about watching a film […]
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