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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.
Sex Ed versus Boyhood and the depth of one over the other
Sex Ed is self-reflective, which I think is a wonderful thing. Let me take a second a put this into perspective. Last week, I was a guest on a podcast called The Fifth Opinion and we discussed Boyhood. The main complaint by the…
A Deep Explanation of Donnie Darko
I don’t think it will surprise anyone when I say that Donnie Darko is a weird movie. The theatrical version can leave a viewer in complete and absolute befuddlement. Richard Kelly’s Director’s Cut wants to take it easy on the audience so…
Explaining the end of Manchester by the Sea
The ending of Manchester by the Sea has a bit more depth than what it might seem. In the simplest terms, by film’s end, Lee has had a minor breakthrough with his grief and guilt. That’s it. This isn’t some Inception-like mystery where…
Explaining the opening scene of Nocturnal Animals and how to find meaning in movies
The opening scene of Nocturnal Animals caught me by surprise. It’s a puzzling way to start a film because there’s no context. We don’t know anything about the world. And by the time the movie ends, this first scene is a mysterious…
The Best Explanation of Nocturnal Animals | Themes, Ending, Meaning
In the end, Nocturnal Animals barely feels like a film made by a human being. You could just dub it a “stylish exercise” and call it a day. But I just can’t shake the fact that Ford somehow wants it to be…
In Spectre, why did Madeleine Swann try to leave James Bond?
The romance between James Bond and Madeleine Swann is being picked apart. A lot of people dislike how quickly it moves. Why would she fall in love with him? Why does she try and leave him? Here, I want to…
The failure of Ashley’s foot/leg creature thing in Blair Witch
So Blair Witch primes us with information that someone drowned in the river due to what witnesses said was a white hand pulling the victim into the water. Then our group of stupid, stupid people starts crossing the river. Ashley’s foot gets cut. Then weird…
In Sicario, what was the role of Silvio, the Mexican police officer? Why did he say “Medellin”?
Sicario is a movie that often hides information from us. And that makes sense, given that a major theme of the movie is the enormous gap between what we think is going on and what is really going on. Kate (Emily…
What Art of the Prank reveals about news media, featuring Making a Murderer, Peace Officer, and The Hunting Ground
Do you like the feeling of discovering some new artist that you’ve never heard of but is actually prolific and fascinating? Well then I have an artist for you. Joey Skaggs. Skaggs, born in 1945, a graduate of New York…
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