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Travis Bean
Travis Bean is co-founder of Colossus. He writes about the impact of art on his life and the world around us.
M (1931) | Fritz Lang’s timeless commentary on politics
To call M a prescient movie feels reMdundant at this point. In 2016 when Trump was elected president, I was shell-shocked. But now, eight years later (just ten days ago) when it happened all over again, on the other side of reading…
Terrifier 3 Explained | Sienna’s biblical battle with trauma
The ending of Terrifier 3 is brutal. Like…really brutal. Seemingly, Sienna is left with nothing. So it’s easy to think of the ending as a complete downer, as a pessimistic look at how life is unwinnable. But, and I know…
The Best Explanation of The Deliverance (2024) | Themes, Ending, Meaning
In The Deliverance, director Lee Daniels uses the horror genre to viscerally explore spiritual warfare, generational trauma, and the quest for redemption. Ebony’s battle to protect her family coincides with her own battle with internal darkness, with systemic oppression.
The Film Colossus Podcast | Episode 66: The Silence of the Lambs
In this episode of the Film Colossus Podcast, we traverse the psychological labyrinth known as: The Silence of the Lambs. We revisit this classic thriller and discuss its contents, finding a narrative in Clarice’s struggle to move on, to form an…
The Giant Explanation of Under the Skin
Why is the movie called Under the Skin? The title Under the Skin is a crucial clue to what’s happening in the movie. It gets at the idea of looking beneath the surface. At going beyond appearance. It’s similar to…
2024 Movie Rankings | Travis Bean
This is a live list where I rank the movies of 2024. People tend to believe I have…contrarian taste. So some of these rankings may surprise you. But they are true and genuine. I highly favor movies with considerable style,…
The Film Colossus Podcast | Episode 64: Rebel Without a Cause
In this episode of the Film Colossus Podcast, we share a winding, whirling discussion about the 1955 classic: Rebel Without a Cause. What follows isn’t just a thematic breakdown of the movie’s commentary on post-war generational tensions, but a macro discussion…
dad with two kids and no time reviews: The House By the Cemetery (1981)
all is fair in love and war, and currently my war is with time, with my scrambling thoughts about a movie that works but doesn’t work as well as it should The House By the Cemetery serves as a remarkable…
The Film Colossus Podcast | Episode 63: The Natural
In this episode of the Film Colossus Podcast, we discuss the baseball classic: The Natural. It used to be one of Chris’s favorite movies—but does it still hold up? And is Travis impressed at all upon first watch? In some…
dad with two kids and no time reviews: Christopher Strong (1933)
in the spirit of this movie, I will keep the introduction, since my time here is short anyway To every modern movie that feels the need to be over two hours long—that’s two hours of my life, by the way,…
The Film Colossus Podcast | Episode 62: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
In this episode of the Film Colossus Podcast, we make everybody mad by defending the much-maligned superhero masterpiece: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. We talk about the differences between the theatrical and director’s cut and how it helps the…
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