The 1959 film The 400 Blows is the directorial debut of François Truffaut. It is a French coming of age film that follows the exploits of a young Parisian boy, Doinel, that cannot stay out of trouble both in school and at home. After running away from home and skipping…

Sorry to Bother You is a 2018 film written and directed by rapper and activist Boots Riley. The film is a zany anti-capitalist tale that follows the rise of a young black man, Cassius “Cash” Green, at his telemarketing job as his friends attempt to unionize the other employees. Cash…

Film is a reasonably new art form, at least when compared to the likes of music, poetry, and art, but it has progressed through multiple stages in various cultures and continents. These transitions and evolutions are known as film movements. These movements are defined by their ideas regarding style, aesthetics…

Personal Shopper is a 2016 film written and directed by Olivier Assayas, starring Kristen Stewart, with cinematography by Yorick Le Saux. Yorick Le Saux is a French cinematographer with a surprisingly small body of work, both in quantity and in scale, especially compared to the three other cinematographers available in…

The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 film directed by Martin Scorsese and edited by Thelma Schoonmaker. The screenplay was written by Terrance Winter and is based on the memoir by Jordan Belfort. The movie follows Jordan as he becomes a successful stockbroker, quickly becoming addicted to various drugs…

The 1999 Stanley Kubrick film Eyes Wide Shut is an erotic thriller that follows a married man who, troubled by his wife’s desires of infidelity, slips into a bizarre orgy and crosses a powerful secret society. The film is set in contemporary New York, and the scenes vary from grimy…

For this activity, I chose the 1985 Japanese film Tampopo, written and directed by Juzo Itami. I’ve owned a physical copy of this movie for a couple of years and have never watched it until now. At the time, my roommate worked in an Asian cuisine restaurant and was an…

While politicians debate its existence or if humanity is even at fault, climate change is happening, and increasingly presenting life-threatening challenges. The science is clear: Human activity, by way of generated greenhouse gasses, is the single largest contributor to climate change. While tackling climate change will require multifaceted and nuanced…

In Eric Deggans’s opinion essay for National Public Radio, titled “Tom Hanks Is A Non-Racist. It’s Time For Him To Be Anti-Racist,” he argues that Tom Hanks has built a career playing righteous white-men on screen, and now is the time for Hanks to actively contribute to working against racism…