MOONLIGHT: Extraordinary Filmmaking and Minimalist Storytelling Joe Baker The Vault 12/01/2020It has been over four years since Barry Jenkin’s MOONLIGHT (2016) first entered cinemas to rave reviews from both critics...
The ROCKY Franchise: Enduring Legacy Simon Braund The Vault 11/25/2020It’s hard to believe that Rocky Balboa, Philadelphia’s favorite fictional son, has been part of the cultural landscape for 45...
THE SOCIAL NETWORK: How Meticulousness Made Nerds Look Cool Jeanette Williams The Vault 11/23/2020It’s been ten years since the premiere of David Fincher’s THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010) and with Facebook remaining as the...
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN at 15: A Love That Will Never Grow Old Guillermo Lopez Meza 2000sThe Vault 10/28/2020Fifteen years may not seem like a long time. We can feel comfortable thinking that our ideas and cultural perceptions...
THERE WILL BE BLOOD: What Happens When Greed Replaces Sanity? Connor Laughlin The Vault 06/20/2020America at the turn of the 20th century was a country powered by gluttony. The most powerful men in the...
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN: “Not Glamorous, but Cinematic” Jeanette Williams 2000s 05/31/2020NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) left audiences captured in dark silence, save the ticking of a single clock, as...
GANGS OF NEW YORK: The overlooked masterpiece of Martin Scorsese Guillermo Lopez Meza The Vault 05/29/2020Faithful to its own premise GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002) was a film bred in conflict from the beginning. Director...
