Tag: cinema
The Reboot Fallacy: Why Every Film is a Remake
We forget, within a modern societal structure, that the propagation of culture is often achieved through re-enactment or retelling. When oral tradition was the dominant social form, prior to the written word, the most famous, most important and the most socially relevant stories or mythologies were the ones being retold at festivals, around campfires and…
Iris: The Late Albert Maysles Examines Style Icon, Iris Apfel
Finding non-standardised beauty within the fashion industry seems an impossible task to set, but in the quirky style of Iris Apfel, the late Albert Maysles found his answer. Iris is well known as a ‘rare bird’ of fashion, she’s a style icon for accessory fans and couture lovers. You might have previously seen her in…
SPOILER ALERT: Interpreting Joel Edgerton’s ‘The Gift’
Whenever a first-time writer director creates a finely-crafted and satisfying psychological thriller, as Joel Edgerton has done with The Gift, there is cause to celebrate. Edgerton’s movie, however, has an ending that is either troubling or brilliant – or perhaps both; an ending that makes us reconsider the very nature of how we view and…
B-horror and the Rise of the Scream Queen
The b-movie or b-picture was a product of the Golden Age of Hollywood (arguably the 1930s-1950s, more or less) and really took off with the introduction of the “double feature” at cinemas. The b-picture was the more cheaply produced, not always feature length, curtain-raiser at double feature events. Several genres were represented in the…
The Emotional Hangover of Asif Kapadia’s “Amy”
There are times when a film will come along that is constructed and executed in such a way that it lingers in the audience’s minds. It leaves an ‘emotional hangover’ that viewers have to deal with well after the final curtain. The latest documentary film release, Amy, is set to be one of those films.…