The transatlantic slave trade was one of the most disruptive acts in history, separating Africans from their backgrounds, traditions, and…
In its perspectives and traditions, African cinema draws the spectator into its narrative, nurturing a symbiotic relationship with life itself.
There are some movies that change your perception of what is possible, what is allowed. Alexander Payne's Election was that…
What is independent cinema? Critics and film scholars have wrestled with a definition of independent for most of cinema’s existence.
In Come Drink With Me, King Hu considers each of the director’s tools, using camera movement differently than editing or…
Central Station is one of the most popular and internationally acclaimed Brazilian films of the 1990s. It heralded a renaissance…
David Ehrenstein condemns melodramas like Coming Home for perpetuating the illusion that they can affect social change instead of creating…
This essay will explore the duality of Cronenberg’s works, as a statement on man’s curiosity and an open window to…
Wong Kar-Wai is considered influential. In the Mood for Love (2000) was a big commercial success for him. How does…
Hou Hsiao Hsien’s depiction of life in Flowers of ShanghaÏ explores the inherent contradictions in the era’s Chinese society.