Film Education: Global Film Schools 2024

Students can follow in the footsteps of icon directors like Wim Wenders, Zhang Yimou and Jane Campion at these international schools.

Film Theory: Sequelitis–Hollywood Dominated by Blockbuster Franchises

Since the 1980s, sequels have become a staple of the movie  industry–a Hollywood infrastructure.

Film Theory: Movie Endings–Why They Are Significant?

Movies with happy endings tend to offer their audiences warm, positive uplifting messages, but movies where the villains win reveal darker truths and somber messages.

Film Theory: Personal

There are some films that you feel invested in, protective of them. Movies that become so piercingly close to you that they alienate you from people who don’t like them, or don’t respond the way you do.

Movie Genres: Sports Films at the Oscars–The Champ (1931)

The washed-up alcoholic boxer is played by Walter Beery, whose career skyrocketed after its release, helped by his role in Min and Bill the same year.