The Film Canon: Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Charged with the neorealism style of filmmaking, portraying a cultural shift in Rome post war, this film doesn’t coddle it’s audience but instead showcases a realistic and raw portrayal of the economy and the moral ideals and complications of the…

The Film Canon: City Lights (1931)

Charlie Chaplin has a plethora as films that are the worth the viewing time. From Gold Rush to Modern Times to his controversial The Great Dictator, but it’s City Lights which Chaplin wrote, directed and starred in that inspired the…