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Chris Lambert
Chris Lambert is the co-founder and lead writer of Film Colossus. He specializes in film interpretation, narrative structure, and explaining how movies use story, imagery, and technique to create meaning. His work on Film Colossus has reached millions of readers, with more than 500 articles covering films ranging from Fight Club and Black Swan to Perfect Blue and The Odyssey.
Joker explained (2019)
Welcome to our Colossus Movie Guide for Joker. This guide contains our detailed library of content covering key aspects of the movie’s plot, ending, meaning, and more. We encourage your comments to help us create the best possible guide. Thank…
Brazil explained (1985)
Welcome to our Colossus Movie Guide for Brazil. This guide contains our detailed library of content covering key aspects of the movie’s plot, ending, meaning, and more. We encourage your comments to help us create the best possible guide. Thank…
The Iron Claw explained
Welcome to our Colossus Movie Guide for The Iron Claw. This guide contains our detailed library of content covering key aspects of the movie’s plot, ending, meaning, and more. We encourage your comments to help us create the best possible…
The Best Explanation of Poor Things
What is Poor Things about? Poor Things is, like most Yorgos films, strange. But also mostly straightforward. Bella’s child-like perspective of the world allows the film to question established norms, gender roles, and power dynamics. It’s like if an alien…
May December explained
Welcome to our Colossus Movie Guide for May December. This guide contains our detailed library of content covering key aspects of the movie’s plot, ending, meaning, and more. We encourage your comments to help us create the best possible guide.…
Godzilla Minus One explained
What is Godzilla Minus One about? Godzilla Minus One uses Godzilla as a metaphor for guilt, grief, and remorse. On the personal level, we have Kōichi Shikishima and the shame he feels—Godzilla becomes the manifestation of Shikishima’s anguish and PTSD.…
Napoleon explained (2023)
What is Napoleon about? A lot of people will expect Napoleon to be like Ridley Scott’s other historical epics—like Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, The Last Duel. By that, I mean serious and conflict-driven. Except Napoleon isn’t serious. It’s “serious”. Scott,…
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Saltburn explained
What is Saltburn about? One way to read Saltburn is, like Parasite, as a film focused on economic class disparities. Felix and the Catton family represent the top-end ultra-wealthy. While Oliver is the rest of us. Except I wouldn’t recommend…
Anatomy of a Fall explained
What is Anatomy of a Fall about? Anatomy of a Fall is about storytelling. Specifically, the relationship between reality and fiction. The film, initially, frames this as the way in which Sandra uses reality in her fiction. But by the…
The Killer explained (2023)
What is The Killer about? The Killer toys with viewers. It presents itself as a revenge thriller. Except our main character is not a hero. He’s actually kind of the villain. Fincher wants us to question our instinctual desire to…
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