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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.
Minions: The Rise of Gru | Bringer of world peace?
Hollywood films have gone from a sense of superiority when it comes to other cultures, often using characters and culture as opportunities for tired jokes, to a much more collectivist, appreciative, and receptive tone. It’s one of the benefits of…
The Black Phone | The Essential Explanation
The Quick Explanation The Black Phone adapts a short story by Joe Hill. The overall story is about Finney Blake’s attempts to escape The Grabber, a child abductor in a Denver suburb. But the film’s thematic subtext is about abuse…
The best movies for fans of Tenet
So you’ve watched Tenet, basked in the complicated thrills of Christopher Nolan, and would like more topsy-turvy, mind-bending movies. Hopefully, you’ve already watched Nolan’s other movies, as Inception, The Prestige, and Memento kind of create the blueprint for Tenet. If…
How to watch US | critical notes
Below you’ll find the notes I made while preparing for our essential explanation of Us. This was my first time seeing the movie since it came out in theaters in 2019. So it’s been 3 years. There’s a lot of…
How to watch Perfect Blue | critical notes
Below you’ll find the notes I took while preparing for our definitive explanation of Perfect Blue. I had already watched the movie once so had an idea of what would happen and what to look for. But it was confounding…
Elvis | The Essential Explanation
Elvis is a traditional biopic that utilizes Baz Luhrmann’s natural flair and love of cinema to elevate beyond the traditional biopic. By that, I mean there are some themes and subtleties worth talking about in a bit more detail. Why…
Get Out | The Essential Explanation
Film history is full of movies that critiqued American society. But in the 21st century, few landed with the impact of Get Out. Its severe yet comedic critique of the Black experience in the United States entertained audiences as much…
Movies for fans of Everything Everywhere All At Once
Everything Everywhere All At Once is an impressive viewing experience. The scope and scale and insanity of the story can leave the first-time viewer’s head spinning. We’re talking multiverses, elaborate action sequences, and movie references galore. But nestled within that…
Top Gun: Maverick | The Essential Explanation
I want to talk about Top Gun: Maverick as an example of a successful sequel based on theme rather than plot. Especially as we’re seeing more and more of these reboot-sequels like Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Blade Runner 2049, the Star Wars…
Joker 2 | Meaning of “Folie à Deux”
Joker director Todd Phillips took to Instagram to announce a sequel to his 2019 anti-hero drama. The photo shows the red cover of the script, with the title, Joker: Folie à Deux, written in bold. Just below, we see writing…
Tenet explained | denialpxe teneT
Welcome to the best explanation of Tenet available on the internet. This article will scrutinize, resolve, and unriddle all of the essential details required to understand the acrobatic and elaborate story of Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. What happened? Why did it…
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