Monthly Archives: November 2020

Movies have filled more of my days than usual, even for a movie lover, during this time of COVID. Netflix and other streaming services have provided material to fill the void that would normally be time spent with friends and family, perhaps even going to movies in theaters together (remember that, those “before times”?).  IContinue reading “The Platform – Just in Time for Thanksgiving”

Cat People is an extraordinary classic. It was a slow-burn hit in 1942, and became a beloved cult movie, and one often discussed in Cinema Studies. There is a rich tapestry of visuals and messages contained within it, and every moment of its 73 minute runtime has been devoured and digested, from dialog, to lightingContinue reading ““I like the dark, it’s friendly” – a Look at the Classic, Cat People (1942)”

30 years after the debut of Paris is Burning, we have become more culturally aware of the niche of gay culture that the movie portrays – the Ballroom scene – and yet a more widespread acknowledgement for the movie itself is culturally overdue. We have binged on Pose, and perhaps on RuPaul’s Drag Race; queerContinue reading “Paris is Burning – an Important Slice of Queer History”

Metropolis (1927), a movie by Fritz Lang with a script written by his wife, Thea von Harbou, is considered to be an enduring classic film, an epic and beautiful cinematic masterpiece. There exists so much discussion about the aesthetic of this visually stunning film, an example of German Expressionism at it’s finest. Yet at theContinue reading “Workers of Metropolis”