When discussing how film has changed throughout the years, it is imperative to discuss two of the pillars on which film culture stands: technology and social acceptability. The date that a film was released will undoubtedly be affected by the technology available at the time of its creation and the sociocultural norms of the era….
Author: Aisha Oliver
Dirty Dancing/The Breakfast Club
American New Wave cinema is described as spanning between the 1960’s to the early 1980’s. Critics and scholars heavily debate this period of film, primarily because the movement itself contains so many other movements happening simultaneously. Among other points, most Hollywood individuals can agree that the basis of New Wave cinema was, ironically, stemming from…
Dirty Dancing/The Breakfast Club
American New Wave cinema is described as spanning between the 1960’s to the early 1980’s. Critics and scholars heavily debate this period of film, primarily because the movement itself contains so many other movements happening simultaneously. Among other points, most Hollywood individuals can agree that the basis of New Wave cinema was, ironically, stemming from…
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was originally released in 1982 and changed the cinematic scene from the moment it was conceived. The brain child of Steven Spielberg, the film had a greater impact than that which first comes to mind. Not only were films involving special effects, blockbuster-style marketing and extraterrestrial themes beginning to saturate the market,…
Star Wars: A New Hope
Star Wars: A New Hope is more than a blockbuster. The film quickly became a culture phenomenon and continues to astound men and women around the world with its undying legacy. Within a society that moves so quickly and hesitates so little to lose interest in the latest fad, a movie series capable of entertaining…
Rosemary’s Baby
Rosemary’s Baby was a groundbreaking horror film released in 1968. This is the exact year that the United States introduced a ratings system for film and television. The importance of this time owes itself to the divide in cinema that began to occur; for the first time, writers and directors were not forced to create…
Through a Glass Darkly
Ingmar Bergman’s Through a Glass Darkly follows the tale of a family as they come to terms with the realities of caring for a family member with not only schizophrenia, but whose hallucinations manifest in the form of God. This placed the head of the family, the father, in a particularly tricky situation as he…
Personal Cinematic History
V for Vendetta is a dystopian film following two lovers as they embark on an unexpected romance while simultaneously attempting to dismantle a totalitarian governing body. I saw the film as a young child, and it was both my first taste of a dystopia as well as the concept of anarchy. Human behavior inclines us…
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