Up-and-coming YouTuber ‘quinn aitkenhead’, a film student who professes a reluctance to perpetuate stereotypes by exalting Citizen Kane (mission failed), has posted a wonderful look at the motivations behind some of cinema’s most famous remixed narratives. He begins by discussing
Hayao Miyazaki: Developing Characters
Hayao Miyazaki’s final film is set to release this year, and this one might actually be his final, final movie. With that caveat, How to Live is probably set for Academy Awards recognition in the Animated Feature Category. It took
Why is The Notebook so Beloved?
That’s a hyperbolic title. Upon release the critical reception for The Notebook was middling, even as the film was gobbled up en masse by a rapturous audience. Today, The Notebook is pretty firmly beloved. Obviously, the split is part of
Peter Jackson: From Bad Taste to The Lord of the Rings
When the first Evil Dead film broke out as a box office success against its minimal $375,000 budget, the floodgates were opened for up-and-coming filmmakers to cut their teeth on splattery exploitations made on the cheap. What’s a New Zealander