Week 1: A film in which an actor/actress was nominated for or won an Oscar for portraying a queer character.
The good: While not exactly re-inventing the wheel as far as biopic formulas go, the cinematography is an absolute triumph with it bold use of color and images, and the incorporation of Frida’s paintings into the scenes of the movie. Salma Hayek is perfectly cast, bringing to life Frida’s vibrant personality. (And it should be noted…
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Week 1 - Auteurs - Pioneers of Film - Alice Guy-Blache
Interpreting the message of this film at face value- that the end result of feminism can only be that women will oppress men, and the restoring the “natural order of things” by men rising up against this oppression, is the height of irony, considering the woman behind the camera. However, the much more common interpretation I’ve seen is that this…
Film #7 of On Letterboxd, No One Can Hear You Scream: Hooptober 3.0
6 countries: Spain/Mexico
It’s hard for me, when writing about The Devil’s Backbone, to avoid comparisons one of my all-time favorite movies, also from Guillermo del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth. I know it’s unfair to compare them, especially since The Devil’s Backbone was made five years earlier, and if it seemed to me to reflect a lot of aspects of what I admired about the latter film.
I…
Film #8 of On Letterboxd, No One Can Hear You Scream: Hooptober 3.0
7 franchises
OK, first of all, I can’t believe no one ever talks about how #iconic this theme music is. I mean, check this out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq4GdBfLjsg
I have to hand it to Halloween, from the very beginning title card when that music kicks in and that flickering Jack-o-Lantern appears (that was honestly kind of cheesy, and yet it WORKS)… followed by an incredible long, tracking first-person POV…
