Category: Articles
How Movies Are Dealing with Sexual Violence
Rape and sexual violence have long been represented in movies, and they’re often integral to plots or character development. While rape — and sex in general — was once a taboo topic for film, today we’re much more likely to see rape not just referenced, but fully played out across the screen. The media’s evolving…
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: 5 Films For Movie Buffs
There are just a couple of weeks until the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival kicks off in 2019, running from the 19th to the 30th of July. We thought we’d start our coverage with a look at a handful of films covering some of cinema’s greatest and most notorious artists. From Werner Herzog to Peter Sellers,…
Are Movies Finally Starting to Depict PTSD in a Sensitive Way?
War movies aren’t about just one thing; they cover the breadth of experiences that military service members go through. In addition to living in a literal war zone, these experiences include coming home and dealing with the internal psychological war zone that can exist within. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been tackled within Hollywood…
Hollywood Makeup Through the Decades
Marilyn’s bedroom eyes, Audrey’s gamine brows, Joan’s smeared lipstick—throughout history, makeup has provided us with some of the most influential looks on some of the most iconic stars. Film studios have been covering their actors in paint and cake makeup since the beginning of Hollywood; some of their creations have even solidified careers. From naïve waifs…
History of the Living Dead Part II: Dawn of the Dead
While arguably the greatest decade in American film, the 1970s was also the Decade of Angry Cinema. It was a time when the horror film underwent a rapid evolution that continued until the early 1990’s. It was a time when Americans witnessed events including the expansion and eventual defeat of US involvement in Vietnam, the…