Cameraperson – 2016

Kirsten Johnson’s Cameraperson may play like a patchwork quilt of segments, but upon viewing it, I can say it feels more like a tapestry of life. Her life, to be specific. Johnson is a cinematographer who has helped craft some of the most significant documentaries of the past twenty years, including Fahrenheit 9/11 and Citizenfour. […]

Cinderella – 1950

Animation month continues with a true classic. Walt Disney was a pioneer of animation and his development of the fairytale Cinderella proved exactly how far animation had come. There is an old story about Disney’s love of Cinderella and of his favorite piece of animation (when the fairy godmother creates her dress), but it is […]

The Ice Storm – 1997

Ang Lee is a very talented director. There is no argument that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain are his crowning achievements, but he has offered several other great films in his thirty years of filmmaking. One of those underrated, great films is The Ice Storm, a film about sexual revolution during the seventies. […]

Jurassic Park – 1993

“Life finds a way.” The premise of Jurassic Park may seem far-fetched, but, thanks to the expert direction of Spielberg and the impressive special effects of the nineties, it succeeds where other movies would have failed. Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum lead a fantastic cast who are exploring the newly designed theme park featuring live […]

Victoria – 2015

A long shot, that’s the best way to describe Victoria. This film could have gone very wrong. Sebastian Schipper put his heart and soul into this film and it shows in the finished project. To take a cast of young actors and create a film done in one 140 minute take, proves exactly how painstaking […]

The Lion King – 1995

This month I will be watching the top animated films. I have chosen to start with the Lion King. There isn’t much that needs to be said for this one. Shakespeare would be proud of this adaptation of Hamlet, which takes certain liberties with his play (such as all the characters being animals). The reason […]