Citizen Kane

The Godfather Part II is the second movie in the Godfather trilogy, and mentioned as one of the best movies of all time. Is this a fair criticism of the movie? Well, the only way to find out is to dissect a movie and determine what makes it great. A movie can be critiqued in a variety of ways, but one of the main criticisms is how the visuals explain the story, and bring it to life. The story of a movie, and how it flows, is the pivotal component that draws viewers in and keeps their interest.…

The literature on the topic of police brutality encompasses various areas ranging from police-suspect interactions to the bias attitudes developed by particular communities in response to police brutality. There are four areas of literature to be reviewed pertaining most to my topic. First, the literature proposes how the identities of an individual affect their opinions of law enforcement, which formulates their response to interactions with the police. Next, I will examine literature…

Kingdom’s $148.34 billion or $2,292 per person (Department of Health 's Settlement at the Spending Review 2015). The United States spends comparably more than most other first world countries when it comes to healthcare and this is a problem for its citizens who have come into…

became a normalcy and who let it become one? Homeless people have always had a stigma attached to them; people seem to assume being homeless means you’re a stinky old convict on the streets prowling for victims when they are really just everyday citizens forced into situations that they can’t…

Like The Matrix, Inception, or The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley, The Truman show causes people to question their own existence in ways that can only be understood through liberal use of therapists and commercial sex workers. The reason for this is that every single shot is framed to give the audience the feeling that what they see before them is real. Most of the shots are given through static hidden cameras complete with the distortions that those cameras would bring. Peter Biziou, the…

If the south would have won the Civil War the whole United States would have been split into two separate nations. There would be the United States of America and the Confederates States of America. The United States would consist of 39 states. The Confederate States of America would be split into the original 11 seceding states plus the entire West Indies because they would have invaded the West Indies and gained the whole entire West Indies through the technique of attrition. The United States…

Introduction Many films are loved because they are “good”, their aesthetic merits fulfill a specific role for the audience. The Room, directed by Tommy Wiseau, is a different story. The Room is often called “the Citizen Kane of bad movies”- it features wooden acting, cheap production values and a completely nonsensical script. It seemed as though this film would disappear, but soon after its release, The Room developed a strong cult following. Theaters would show the film at midnight to excited…

With more than 1.7 billion users on Facebook, 500 million users on Instagram, and 377 million users of Twitter, social media has become prevalent in the lives of many young children (“Global Social Media Ranking 2016 | Statistic”). Considering the advancement of technology in personal lives, society could infer that technology would inevitably make its way into classrooms. With this new implementation comes not only new and exciting opportunities for teachers and students, but also rules and…

The French New Wave, also known as La Nouvelle Vague in its home country, France, came to be during the 1950s and 1960s. It was created by a group of French filmmakers who proved that they don’t need mainstream cinema to create and produce successful films. Even if the New Wave wasn’t really a conscious movement it left a legacy with films like À bout de soufflé/Breathless (written and directed by Jean-Luc Goddard). French New Wave rejected the idea of a traditional story in films – they didn’t…

bizarrely unusual. The Mona Lisa has been exalted, stolen, and debated ad nauseam for its cultural substance. Shakespeare’s works have been dissected to bits in classrooms around the world. Even modern media still under the chains of copyright like Citizen Kane still gets parodied and adored by fans and critics alike. Their roles in society remain fluid and ever subject to changing perspectives or needs in society. Conversely, there’s J.D. Salinger’s magnum opus The Catcher in the Rye. Following…