One of the defining features of Joel and Ethan Coen’s Hail, Caesar! are its blatant parodic references to Hollywood or, specifically, to Hollywood in the 1950s. Its glamorous, classic Hollwood aesthetic and throwbacks to 1950s cornball cinema begs a certain…
Graphic Violence: A universal language in cinema
There is a great divide in the way violence is depicted in movies, which doesn’t really surprise me. Today, excessive violence in film has essentially replaced the trademarks of quality cinema. For most horror films, gore and shocking violence have…
Film News: Angelina Jolie to Direct and Coen Brothers’ To Write Unbroken Movie
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption, which is, if not the best, one of my favorite books. The unbelievable and seemingly impossible story of Olympic runner and WWII veteran, Louis Zamperini, who survived for 47…