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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.
Attorney-client privilege in Primal Fear
You may have wondered about attorney-client privilege and whether or not Martin Vail could reveal Roy actually committed murder. Here's an answer!
How “Show, Don’t Tell” works in Primal Fear
I recently wrote about the end of Primal Fear and how the point of its story isn’t the murder-mystery-thriller plot but the deconstruction of its main character. Martin Vail (Richard Gere) goes from someone who desires attention to someone who…
Primal Fear’s ending explained
The purpose of Primal Fear may surprise you. Because that purpose doesn’t have much to do with the murder-mystery-thriller part of the plot. Yes, that makes up the majority of the story and what we’re interested in while watching Primal…
THE END OF EVANGELION | Meaning Explanation
Why Shinji chokes Asuka. Why Asuka says "Disgusting." And the meaning of the live-action scenes.
Paprika Explained | Movie Mastery
The Plot of Paprika explained To understand Paprika, we need to sort a few things out. First, there’s what’s happening and why it’s happening. Second, there’s Atsuko Chiba’s personal story. And third, we have the subplot involving Detective Konakawa. Once…
3 ways to explain The Beach Bum’s dreamy ending
I’m pretty sure one day we’re going to talk about The Beach Bum as one of the greatest cult films of all-time and an outright masterpiece. That’s down the road, though. In the short term, I think we first have…
The Art of the Surprise Smash: why we love Goose the Cat, Hulk, and Groot
Since Captain Marvel came out, Goose the Cat has been a huge topic of conversation. It makes sense. For one, it’s a cat. For two, the feline has major screen time in a highly anticipated Marvel movie. For three, Goose is…
How Miles Morales found his spark, and how you can too
In the case of Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, he didn’t choose to have a radioactive spider bite him and grant him superpowers just in time for a potentially multiverse ending event. Just a normal, confused teenager, Miles was swept into…
Creed II explained | How fathers influence sons and sons influence fathers
The first Creed was all about Adonis, the late, great Apollo Creed’s bastard son who was unknown to the world, claiming his namesake. Could he follow in his father’s footsteps? Could he be a Creed? The final fight, despite Adonis…
Velvet Buzzsaw explained
In recent interviews Dan Gilroy (writer/director of Velvet Buzzsaw) has talked about two topics. His interest in the intersection between commerce and art. And one of his own Hollywood tragedies. I went through a personal experience: I worked on the epic…
Serenity (2019) explained
Odds are you haven’t seen many articles discussing how the twist of Serenity is actually grounded in our everyday decision-making practices. Most of the talk is about how bizarre or bad Serenity is. One headline I saw said it was almost impossible to describe…
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