The ROCKY Franchise: Enduring Legacy
It’s hard to believe that Rocky Balboa, Philadelphia’s favorite fictional son, has been part of the cultural landscape for 45 years. Or is it? In som...
THE SOCIAL NETWORK: How Meticulousness Made Nerds Look Cool
It’s been ten years since the premiere of David Fincher’s THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010) and with Facebook remaining as the world’s most widely used socia...
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN at 15: A Love That Will Never Grow Old
Fifteen years may not seem like a long time. We can feel comfortable thinking that our ideas and cultural perceptions have remained the same during t...
THERE WILL BE BLOOD: What Happens When Greed Replaces Sanity?
America at the turn of the 20th century was a country powered by gluttony. The most powerful men in the country were also the greediest, using shady ...
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN: “Not Glamorous, but Cinematic”
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) left audiences captured in dark silence, save the ticking of a single clock, as Joel and Ethan Coen’s names projected o...
GANGS OF NEW YORK: The overlooked masterpiece of Martin Scorsese
Faithful to its own premise GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002) was a film bred in conflict from the beginning. Director Martin Scorsese dreamed for more than t...
