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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.
Denis Villeneuve movies ranked | Chris Lambert
Ever since I first saw Sicario at the San Sebastián Film Festival, Denis Villeneuve has been one of my favorite filmmakers. So I’m very excited to rank his movies. My favorite thing about Denis is how well he blends high-art…
Nope | The Definitive Explanation
What is Nope about? Nope is essentially Jaws in the sky. The UFO is like a shark. It gets hungry and feeds on what it comes across, whether that’s people or horses or statues of horses. In that sense, Nope…
The Northman | The Essential Explanation
The quick explanation The Northman falls into the “noble revenge” genre and is based on a Scandinavian legend attributed mostly to Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus and his comprehensive history of Denmark called the Gesta Danorum. The original story is historically…
The worst moment of MORBIUS | What happens on the rooftop?
I didn’t see Morbius in theaters because the trailers gave me, and many other people, zero confidence in the film. But I finally watched it. And it was surprisingly mediocre. I had expected Chernobyl. Not the brilliant HBO show Chernobyl.…
Thor: Love and Thunder | Bad Writing
Here’s the heart of the issue with Thor: Love and Thunder—the movie never takes anything seriously. Thor’s existential crisis. Jane Foster’s cancer and death. Asgard’s kidnapped children. Gorr’s god butchering. These are richly charged situations filled with emotional and thematic…
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…
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