Dec 07 Love0 Frances Ha: Scripting that Dances and Drifts By Carrie Stemke Movie Reviews Frances Ha is a comedy-drama directed by Noah Baumbach. It tells the story of Frances (Greta Gerwig), a 27-year-old aspiring…Read More
Dec 06 Love1 Rope: Hitchcock, Murder and a Screenplay with Hurdles By Matthew Pizana Classic Reviews Murder is often the theme that many of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest films revolve around. He loved to play with the…Read More
Nov 30 Love1 Adventureland: Good Screenwriting that Shows off Nostalgia By Carrie Stemke Classic Reviews Adventureland is an intelligent, relevant film about a college graduate named James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) whose dreams of a post-undergrad…Read More
Nov 25 Love1 Ace in the Hole: Ambition for Yellow Journalism By Matthew Pizana Classic Reviews In the news business, money is made not from heartwarming tales of love and positivity but rather on stories that…Read More
Nov 24 Love0 Blackfish: Documentary Filmmaking that Resonates By Carrie Stemke Movie Reviews Using a creative, compelling mix of archival footage, interviews, commercials and clips of killer whales in the wild, Blackfish is…Read More
Nov 24 Love0 V/H/S Viral: Proliferation Outweighs Progress By Jim Rohner Movie Reviews These days, any original film idea that makes money will likely be turned into a franchise and any franchise that…Read More
Nov 22 Love1 A Face in the Crowd: Worthiness vs. Emptiness By Matthew Pizana Classic Reviews The history of musical talent that relied more on pomp and circumstance than actual music ability goes back for as…Read More
Nov 18 Love1 King of New York: Abel Ferrara Brings a City to Life By Matthew Pizana Classic Reviews New York in the 90’s was a far cry from what a visitor might see today. Instead of family fun…Read More
Nov 17 Love0 Birdman: Beautiful When in Flight By Nguyen Le Movie Reviews Nightcrawler, John Wick, Gone Girl, Interstellar, Big Hero 6, The Theory of Everything and so many more – the films…Read More
Nov 17 Love0 What’s Eating Gilbert Grape: Raw Realism By Carrie Stemke Classic Reviews What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? is a moving, human film. Director Lasse Hallström weaves a story that captures both the viewer’s attention…Read More