A Look Inside: Promising Young Woman Promising Young Woman (2020) is not just a film; it’s a cinematic Molotov cocktail, shattering expectations and igniting fierce conversations about trauma, justice, and the intoxicating, corrosive allure of revenge. Emerald Fennell’s directorial debut masterfully dissects the complexities of a woman, Cassie (Carey Mulligan), consumed by the brutal revengeContinue reading “A Deep Dive into Revenge and Its Echoes”
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A Descent into Moral Grayness
A Look Inside: The Sopranos The HBO’s groundbreaking series, The Sopranos, redefined television from the moment it premiered on this day back in 1999. Its depiction of the mafia through the eyes of conflicted mob boss Tony Soprano, played with iconic brilliance by the late James Gandolfini, transcended genre limitations to become a profound explorationContinue reading “A Descent into Moral Grayness”
A Man Without Limitations
A Character Analysis: Thomas Shelby Now that the incredible BBC/Netflix series Peaky Blinders has come to a close I’ve decided to put together a rather thorough character analysis of the infamous Thomas Shelby OBE, which I will be referring to as Tommy from here on out. From the start of season one, I have beenContinue reading “A Man Without Limitations”
Movies About Depression
Movies That Perfectly Capture the Experience As we continue through the month of May and Mental Health Awareness Month I wanted to talk about some movies that perfectly capture the experience of being depressed. Depression is unique to everyone and can affect people very differently, including feeling detached, down, hopeless, lost and alone, unmotivated, or honestlyContinue reading “Movies About Depression”
Marriage, Divorce & An Endless Trauma
A Look Inside: Scenes From a Marriage This weekend concluded the new HBO miniseries Scenes From a Marriage (Hagai Levi) based on the 1973 Swedish TV miniseries written and directed by Ingmar Bergman with the same name. I was immediately drawn to the series because the leads were played by Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain both whom IContinue reading “Marriage, Divorce & An Endless Trauma”
Director Analysis: Denis Villeneuve
A Look Inside the Films of Denis Villeneuve Most cinephiles likely know Denis Villeneuve for bursting onto the scene with 2013’s Prisoners. However, the truth of the matter is that he has been directing excellent movies for well over 20 years now. With Dune just around the corner (later this month to be exact), it is timeContinue reading “Director Analysis: Denis Villeneuve”
Director Analysis: David Fincher
A Look Inside the Films of David Fincher Over the last 29 years, David Fincher has directed a total of 11 movies from inside the mind of the creator of Facebook to the mind of the Zodiac Killer and has spent most of his career as a top filmmaker. He had been in the filmContinue reading “Director Analysis: David Fincher”
Director Analysis: James Cameron
A Look Inside the Films of James Cameron While James Cameron is an incredible director, he isn’t one of my favorites but he has made my all-time favorite film so he definitely deserves some recognition for that alone. Cameron is a tricky one for me to analysis because he only has 7 popular films andContinue reading “Director Analysis: James Cameron”
The Duality of Love & Lust
The Internal Dilemma Between Chaos & Calm In recent years within various TV series and films I have come to notice more and more narratives focusing on characters, particularly female characters, that struggle with the internal dilemma between chaos and calm. What I mean by that is essentially these characters we are watching tend toContinue reading “The Duality of Love & Lust”
The Inner Lives of Teenage Girls
A Look Inside: The Virgin Suicides I felt it was time to look further into Sofia Coppola’s debut film, The Virgin Suicides I felt it was time to look further into Sofia Coppola’s debut film, The Virgin Suicides (1999) and how it explores the weight of societal expectations on teenage girls through the use ofContinue reading “The Inner Lives of Teenage Girls”
The Fade Out: A Movie Blog 