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This post was first published October 2011 on Modigliani Movie Inquiries. It is co-authored by our friend Zeeshan Aziz.
For The Ides of March,...
The great thing about Anomalisa is that a lot of people wrote about the film. There are some great Reddit discussions about it. Some great articles.
Most...
This is a guest post by our friend Jordan C. Johnson.
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People love to talk about twist endings. The discussion can seem inescapable in...
One of my favorite things about narrative, especially in film, is how stories can add layers of meaning by having characters as symbolic representations ...
It speaks of David Lynch’s absolute discipline that his first Oscar-bait feature didn’t opt for a hokey or crowd-pleasing ending. The closing moments of...
Frank operates on two levels.
The first level involves the story of Jon Burroughs.
The second level is the story of The Soronprfbs.
Frank is
interesting because so much...
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri left me in a weird spot. Which is true with a lot of people. I found it problematic that I...
Prometheus is about the desire to meet your maker and how that is probably an unfulfilling venture. You’ll never get the answers you’re looking for. Kind of the same thing as “Never meet your heroes” because you might realize they’re not as amazing in real life as you thought.
What is Alien: Romulus about?
Alien: Romulus is about the difficulty in leaving the life you’ve known for something new. Whether that’s leaving a third...
