70th Academy Awards

As one of the best American films in the western genre, Unforgiven uniquely portrays a real culture through it’s setting; a pastiche of nineteenth-century Western style, which emphasizes the nature of law and order as the only thing that stands between civilization and chaos. Being both the director and the producer, Clint Eastwood constructs Unforgiven as a self-reflexive medium; which means the film’s aesthetic would consciously make the audience aware of the devices of the film’s construction…

In one of Shakespeare's tragedies-Othello, the most important character is not Othello but Iago. He is the one who builds us the story and bring the story to a climax. As an effective rhetorician, Iago uses various persuasive and rhetorical devices to manipulate characters in the story especially Othello. To achieve his revenge, Iago shows his honesty and loyalty in front of people, feigns to not share information or misinformation he wants to share along with a large amount of evidence,…

Women have always struggled to break through an invisible glass ceiling that separates them from their goals. Women are kept from attaining higher positions in business, they are kept from studying math and science, and are deterred from playing certain sports. However, once upon a time women were kept from being themselves. Many women were discouraged from trying to learn at all, instead kept in the confines of the home. Virginia Woolf’s “What if Shakespeare Had Had a Sister?” brings to light…

“I’ll never let go.” These words came from award winning actress, Kate Winslet, in the film, Titanic. In this film, Kate plays the dynamic character of Rose. Rose shows emotions of happiness, sadness, boldness, vulnerability, and nervousness, which all came together to make Rose’s character a vibrant and essential part of the film. Based on Rose’s choices and how she used her body and voice, she created a vulnerable, impetuous character. According to, dictionary.com, to be impetuous is to act…

Photography is the key element of mise en scene that determines how an audience will interpret the visual information in film. Orson Welles used the photography of his 1941 film Citizen Kane to emphasize aspects of the film he wanted viewers to focus on, and to remove non-essential information from the frame. This was accomplished through various camera tequniques including manipulation of angles and proxemity. Approaching the end of the film there is a scene just after Susan (played by Dorothy…

Crowned Miss World at the young age of 17, debuting in movie industry shortly once, delivering hit movies one once the opposite, bagging a National award, singing at the international level and turning into a diva – Priyanka Chopra has done it all. an attractive and assured miss, she has worked exhausting to achieve the highest of her career and has created a mark for herself while not the support of any godfather within the vaporous dunia. But then, her career hasn’t invariably been a bed of…

There have been many books that capture the idea of a struggling protagonist but not many that have the complexity of Frankenstein. Written by Mary Shelly, Frankenstein is not only a genre defining book but one that also poses two main characters that share very different stories. The author, Mary Shelley’s writing style allows for the reader to see both the Monster’s and Victor’s side of the story and gives the reader the opportunity to sympathize with each character. This Writing style allows…

Film Adaptations: Romeo and Juliet (1968) and West Side Story (1961) Many films have been created based on novels and play scripts. Plays have transitioned from performances on stage to the big cinema screens. Since many legendary play scripts were created before our century, American film directors had to ask themselves, “How can an older piece of work interest the audience of today?”. Directors found it challenging to express an original piece of work while attempting to interest the minds…

The Shawshank Redemption Full Movie The Shawshank Redemption was premiered in the United States on September 23, 1994. This is the best movie that has the highest rating among other best films so it is worthy of inclusion in the Top 250 version IMDb Your new director Frank Darabont-, low box office that year and the premiere of Forrest Gump were imposed on "The Shawshank Redemption", the film starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. Now, twenty years after its release, the scenario has been…

Achievement award, the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, the Grammy Hall of Fame award, and the Grammy Legend Award. Barbra has also won multiple Oscars, a Director’s Guild of America award, Peabody awards, an Academy Award for Best Actress, Kennedy Center Honors, an AFL lifetime achievement award, a People’s Choice Award,a Brit Award for Best Selling Album, the American Society of Cinematographers Board of the Governors Award, a Golden Globe, and many more awards and…