Drama

The Attack That Changed People

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The Citizen Evan Hively The Citizen is about an immigrant named Ibrahim Jarrah who has seen lots of loss and pain in the middle east a. U.S lottery takes place, and he is chosen as the winner to be able to become an American citizen. He lands in New York city a day before the horrific attack on the world trade center takes place. As a result of this, the film supplies the view with a sense of perspective of what it was to be an immigrant from the middle east post 9/11. Witnessing Ibrahim go on in day to … Continue reading The Attack That Changed People

Uncategorized

Tricks or Truth: The Illusionist

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By: Nia Hobson This story is a Romeo and Juliet tale about a magician and a woman he has been in love with since childhood. The story after he gets his abilities and presents his talents at shows. There he meets his long lost love, Sophie, again after many years apart. However she is already set to be married to the Crown Prince. Despite this they still get together and make a plan to leave. However the prince soon finds out and when Sophie tries to flee she is found the next morning dead. This sends Eisenhaim into a depression … Continue reading Tricks or Truth: The Illusionist

Biographical

Just Mercy: Injustice In America

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by Antonio Stamps This film is based on a true story exposing how the American justice system unfairly convicted and persecuted black people. The film is shown from the perspective of a man named Bryon Stevenson, a lawyer who set out to start the “Equal Justice Initiative” in order to fairly represent people who were failed by the justice system. The other main character of the film is a man named Walter McMillan. He was unfairly convicted of murder and this movie follows his story about how the ” Equal Justice Initiative” helped set him free. There are many recurring … Continue reading Just Mercy: Injustice In America

Horror

The Beautiful atmosphere of sin city

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A Girl walk Home alone at night Evan Hively A Girl walks home alone at night is a brilliant film done in black and white to help capture and maintain a certain atmosphere that could otherwise not be done in color. It follows a young man named Arash has he makes his way in life through a bad city a city of sin and crime and the uglier side of humanity that the black and white color really seem to help highlight the sense of the evil that lurks within the town. Such as his father who struggles with drugs, … Continue reading The Beautiful atmosphere of sin city

Drama

Love and Deception The Illusionist

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Evan Hively The Illusionist is a very simple but impactful film and it succeeds in this through visual pleasures, good acting, and a Romeo and Juliet type of love story. With these simple elements it delivers a impactful film with a hint of clever mystery. Mystery is mentioned not because of the crime elements of the film such as murder but figuring out who the main protagonist is whether it be Edward Norton who plays the illusionist the great Eisenheim but rather the detective played but Paul Giamatti. The clever back and forth of the characters creates a tense but … Continue reading Love and Deception The Illusionist

Fantasy, Horror, Independent, Iran

Don’t Be A Menace in a Vampire’s Neighborhood; Analysis on A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night

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By: Matthew Bracey Arash is a young hard working Iranian boy making an honest living in Bad City. After his new car is taken from him due to his father’s debt to a drug dealer, Arash goes to confront the … Continue reading Don’t Be A Menace in a Vampire’s Neighborhood; Analysis on A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night

Horror, Independent

The Atmosphere and Mystery of ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’

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by Cristian Siebers A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour, is a vampire horror film from 2014. It follows a mysterious woman, known only as ‘The Girl,’ who spends her nights stalking and feeding on the lowlife men in the eerie Bad City, who try to take advantage of other women. Stylistically, the film draws on influences from classic noirs, spaghetti westerns, and other independent horror films. Major themes of the film include patriarchy, romance and voyeurism. One recurring symbol inn the film is the cat, played by Masuka the Cat. The cat … Continue reading The Atmosphere and Mystery of ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’

Horror, Thriller

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night; Another Type of Vampire

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By Japheth Sayori A girl walks home alone at night, directed by Ana Amirpour, was published in 2015. A vampire girl without a name hunts a man with a filthy attitude treating a woman. On the other hand, a man, Arash, lives with his father that sick and has much debt. Arash has to help his father pay the debt, but he cannot afford it, so the man to whom his father owes money takes his car. The man stole an earring and wanted to pay his father’s debt. He found that the man was dead and saw the vampire … Continue reading A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night; Another Type of Vampire

Horror, Iran, Social problem, Western

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night: Analysis

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Annie Egan A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night directed by  Ana Lily Amirpour is a 2014 Iranian horror/western film. The story follows Arash, a young man who works as a handyman for the upper class to fund his father’s heroin addiction. He becomes enamored with a young girl, who is revealed to be a vampire that only drinks the blood of men. The two fall in love despite the danger she presents to him. Director Ana Lily Amirpour The film is in black and white. This adds to the horror aspect of the film adding an eerie sense to … Continue reading A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night: Analysis