Above the Line vs Below the Line. Episode 8 : Film Critic vs Film Critic Film Critic : Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi Works as film critic and journalist who covers stories about culture and sustainability. With a degree in Political Sciences, a Master’s in Screenwriting & Film Production, and studies at the Lee Strasberg Theatre &…
The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 is a documentary written and directed by Joshua Zeman, where the award-winning filmmaker becomes a contemporary Captain Ahab, seeking his own whale. His Moby Dick is the “52 Hertz Whale,” which scientists believe has spent his entire life in solitude, calling out at a frequency that is different…
The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, conquers the silver screen through the documentary directed by Vanessa Roth, Mary J. Blige’s My Life. Blige is credited with influencing the musical marriage of hip hop and R&B, having won an array of the most prestigious music accolades. Nine-time Grammy-winning recording artist and Academy Award nominated singer and actress…
Predictable, tiresome, overdone, cliche…all terms I probably use for the majority of films I see. It’s hard to be original and different when we’re drowning in oceans of content at this point. And yes, while some of those words can be used to describe certain aspects of Werewolves Within— as it isn’t in any form…
Supporting female rights and gender equality, both at home and in the work environment, is one of the most important cultural causes that has driven modern American society. The new horror thriller, False Positive, is one of the latest contemporary films that boldly and unapologetically delves into the importance of women achieving their personal and…
Being in the public eye and living an apparently idyllic life doesn’t make someone immune from battling their own internal demons. Losing anyone to suicide is incredibly painful, and that applies also to celebrities who are household names and recognized by many around the world. It can come as a particular shock when a person…
Pixar movies have brought Disney classics to an evolution, in terms of themes and empathy. Disney has always had the power to evoke dreamlike scenarios, through fairytale narratives that would primarily focus on romance, and Pixar expanded this uplifting skill, by creating stories and characters that would focus on self-affirmation. Those who populate these films…
Above the Line vs Below the Line. Episode 11 : Filmmaker vs Film Critic Filmmaker : Victoria Negri Victoria is an award-winning filmmaker and ultra marathon runner. Her feature directorial debut, Gold Star – which she wrote, directed, produced and acted in -features Oscar-nominated actor Robert Vaughn in his last on-screen performance. Gold Star won five…
Almost two decades after the first film, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and the Netflix series Spirit Riding Free, that is heading to its ninth season, the free-spirited Mustang returned on the silver screen with the feature Spirit Untamed. If Jonathan Swift celebrated the equine species through Gulliver’s visit to the Land of the Houyhnhnms…
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A film’s length should ultimately count as nothing. Whether it’s the typical 90 or 120 minute run time; if a filmmaker does their job right the running time is arbitrary. With that being said, when I saw the running time for Italian Studies was under 90 minutes I was overjoyed. To me, this meant there…
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