by Brinley Zoller | Oct 17, 2019 | Reviews
The film, Hustlers (dir. Lorene Scafaria 2019), is a melodrama, based on a 2015 New York Times article, “The Hustlers at Scores”, written by Jessica Pressler (portrayed by Julia Stiles). The article is about strippers who take advantage of white, upper-class men who...
by Brinley Zoller | Oct 8, 2019 | Previews
In North Country (2005, dir. Niki Caro), Academy Award-winning actress Charlize Theron stars in the inspirational story of women pursuing careers and facing harassment in northern Minnesota’s mining industry in the 1980s. In collaboration with Winona...
by Brinley Zoller | Dec 27, 2018 | Criticism, Left
For the last 45 years every Labor Day weekend, the mountain village of Telluride triples in size. Waves of passionate cinephiles flood the town for a four-day experience and to embark on a movie viewing journey, spending entire days in flickering dark rooms. The...
by Brinley Zoller | Dec 17, 2018 | Criticism, Left
Superhero films are the center of pop-culture cinema currently; they are the top grossing movies at the box office, continuously taking audiences and theaters by storm, but why are these fantasy-driven, action-packed films the center of the Hollywood? Is it the luxury...
by Brinley Zoller | Nov 15, 2018 | Criticism, Left
The Action and Adventure genre has blossomed into a list of sub genres that are currently taking cinema by storm with action juggernauts Avengers Infinity War (2018), Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018), and Aliens (1986). These hybrid films are growing in popularity...
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