Posted in Review Year in Film

1957 in Film: 12 Angry Men

There’s a question that every cinephile has answered at least once in their lives. Have you ever been asked, what film made you realized that…

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Genre Blast: Family Matters & the Ties that Bind

If society can be considered the organism, the family is the structural adhesive that holds the cells of that organism together. As every organism is bombarded daily by threats and external pressures, the family is where these challenges are met and dealt with; problems are examined and the family unit adapts, and the organism evolves. Things can get dicey, however, when the adjustment that works for the family does not exactly jive with society’s expectations, and this makes for inimitable drama onscreen.

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