Category: Cinema

Coco, a culturally sensitive, beautiful, and colorfully animated film, is formed around the Dia De Muertos (the day of the dead), a Mexican-based traditional and cultural celebration conducted to commemorate and honor the dead. Norms and cultural practices are usually specific and meant to portray or represent a precise meaning or function as per the…

Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion References Introduction Higher Learning shows students from different social backgrounds facing interracial tensions, violence, responsibility, and the meaning of “learning” at the university campus. The film has three storylines demonstrating three key characters: Malik, Kristen, and Remy (Singleton, 1995). The first storyline introduces African American Malik, an athlete…

Memento is an American psychological thriller directed by Christopher Nolan in 2000 based on his brother’s verbal presentation of the film’s idea. It addresses the story of Leonard Shelby, a former representative of an insurance company, who wants to find a man who raped and killed his wife. However, his investigation is highly complicated by…

One of the abusive and violent relationships seen in the film For Colored Girls is between Yasmine and a man she had recently met and started dating, named Bill. Upon going out on a date at a restaurant, Yasmine invites Bill into her home. At this point, with no warning, Bill viciously rapes Yasmine. Rape…

Table of Contents Introduction General Analysis The Plot and Book Adaptation Visuals and Sound Acting Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Dune is set in a far-off future in which humankind has developed in many scientific ways while also mutating in many spiritual ones. Dune was a pro-government, pro-eco-radicalism, and Islamophilic future worldwide metaphor (Alvarez and Franklin,…

The movie M.A.S.H (Robert Altman, 1970), the scenario of which was written in accordance with the eponymous book of Richard Hooker, is a 1970 American satire military film. The movie is the only feature picture of the M.A.S.H series to be released in theaters, and it was one of Twentieth Century Fox’s popular pictures in…

Table of Contents Introduction The History of Creation Description Actors’ Play The Movie Realisation Schizophrenia Paranoia Conclusion Work Cited Introduction A Beautiful Mind is a film in which Russell Crowe superbly played a brilliant schizophrenic mathematician. The film is based on the book by Sylvia Nazar, the story of the thorny path of one genius,…

Table of Contents Introduction Most Significant part of the film Sociological concepts Issues to be researched Implications for our personal direction Conclusion Reference Introduction The movie Crash is an American drama film released in 2004. The film was written and directed by Paul Haggis and it premiered in 2004, at the Toronto film festival on…

Biases or prejudices Dominant point of view 12 Years a Slave was released in 2013 and scooped up many awards in various categories for its immaculate cinematography and brilliant depiction of slavery. The film is set in 1853 and highlights the tribulations of Solomon Northup, a role played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, after he was kidnapped…

Table of Contents Introduction A Summary The Main Theme The Theories The Film’s Analysis Crime Prevention and Policy Implications Conclusion Reference Introduction “Gran Torino” is a unique picture in its genre, giving a certain “food for the mind”. This is a story about a cruel fate, turning points within the country, losses, gains, friendship, hatred,…