Film Review Essay

Although the obvious racism comes in many different forms, a prevalent type is whitewashing. Whitewashing is when a character of color is portrayed by a Caucasian person instead. One of the most famous instances of whitewashing was in 1961 in the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The Japanese character Mr. Yunioshi was portrayed by the white actor Mickey Rooney, complete with horrifyingly buck teeth, yellowed skin, pinched eyes, and an offensive accent. One might expect that distasteful and…

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The home theater. The zenith of advanced household accomplishment. At the point when our precursors rushed to the underlying films to look up in stunningness at the "photo appears," little did they figure that their descendents would one day censure such areas for mammoth level screen TVs and the most recent in home theater sound gear. Since all things considered, why go out for supper and a motion picture when you can remain in? The home theater framework is the most recent stage in America's…

accessible to the masses, providing any person with an idea to tell a story that pushes the boundaries of the medium and of art itself. Despite these clear evolutions, there are still vocal societies that condemn calling a video game ‘art’. Recognized film critic Roger Ebert has personally come out to support this, producing several rather uninformed articles on the subject. The Guardian writer…

climate fiction has come into fruition ever since scientist have brought to our attention the occurrence of a human induced climate change. Climate fiction has been a hard film category to define, and an even harder genre to critique. A historical analysis of climate fiction is legitimate though the time period climate fiction in film covers is only 40 years. Its legitimacy spurs from climate fiction being a public response to a problem and also the fact that it drives others to make a societal…

Joe Hisaishi is a Japanese composer and musical director known famously for his scores in animated films from his professional partnership with Studio Ghibli's co-founder, Hayao Miyazaki. (Brightwell) Although known professionally under the name of Joe Hisaishi, or Hisaishi Jo, his real name is Mamoru Fujisawa. His work consists of different works such as European classical, Japanese classical, film scores, experimental electronic, minimalist, and animation music. He has won seven Japan Acadamy…

directed by Martin Scorsese deflected the 1953 novel authored by Nikos Kazantzakis in which Jesus was portrayed as a tormented and fearful man who was defeated by lust and unsure of his path in life. Many religious leaders in the United States blasted the film in fiery sermons and condemned its subject matter as pornographic. In that year of publication, there was a protest by a French Christian Fundamentalist group as they launched Molotov cocktails inside…

In the films “Tiny Furniture”, “It”, and “Mildred Pierce” stands against the patriarchal views of society are taken in very abstract ways. By refusing to employ the “gaze technique”, – a technique filmmakers use to draw attention to the physical features of a female character, portrayed by using different perspectives; most commonly the male perspective – redefining the portrayal of female characters, and breaking gender stereotypes these three films defy the patriarchy and work to change the…

Popular With Film Critics Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino 1994) is an iconic film widely viewed and applauded by critics in its time. The interweaving stories of the hitmen, the diner thieves, the boxer, and the mob boss’ wife continue to be entertaining and relevant to this very day. Throughout their tales of murder, drugs, double crossing, and love, the character’s stories mesh to create the film masterpiece widely viewed and enjoyed by critics. Today, the popularity of the film…

So, how does that apply to the media, specifically, Hollywood film? Recently there has been a growing outcry over the lack of complex minority experiences in award-winning films. As a result, more Black actors and actresses have been nominated in their respective categories. However, the same cannot be said for South Asians and Hispanics, who struggle to find movies where they are being accurately portrayed on-screen. The Hollywood film industry has made slight progress by creating pieces with…