“Show don’t tell” is a well worn instruction in literary teaching and “Dramatise, don’t surmonize” is a version of the instruction, which has been issued to aspiring filmmakers who wish to convey a moral message. but some films choose to neither show nor tell but rather to allow an audience to drawn their own conclusions. Let’s call […]
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Oscars 2019 – It’s time for change
With the 2019 Oscars on the horizon, it’s time to discuss a shameful bias which persists in the film industry. To illustrate the point, the Oscars have been running since 1929 and in that entire time, there has been only one. Yes, you read that correctly – “One!”. Worthy talents have been overlooked time after time and it’s […]
Confessions of an M. Night apologist
The critics tell me to stop. Family and friends tell me to stop. Even my own better judgement and sense of reason tells me to stop. But addiction can’t be reasoned with. I’m chasing the high I’ve been chasing since I was a teenager. It started with The Usual Suspects, that pure uncut feeling of being taken in. My memory […]
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