Director Study: Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick is revered in the film community and I now know why. I have not had a more profound experience with film in my entire life. Kubrick is often criticized as being cold and lacking emotion. I can’t figure out that perspective. His stories deeply affected me. I couldn’t wait to watch the next film. I would happily go …

February Films

Well I hit my stride this month. I watched 29 films. In order: The Martian The Big Lebowski Fargo No Country for Old Men Raising Arizona Blood Simple Miller’s Crossing Barton Fink Inside Llewyn Davis Hail Caesar! The Hudsucker Proxy Weekend The Shining The Man Who Wasn’t There Eyes Wide Shut Intolerable Cruelty Deadpool The Ladykillers A Serious Man Burn …

Director Study: The Coen Brothers

I watched every movie directed by the Coen Brothers in February. Well okay, I did skip watching O Brother, Where Art Thou? because I have seen the film 3 or 4 times between middle and high school English classes. This process shows my shift to focusing directors in order to increase my film knowledge. The Coen Brothers seem like an …

Why Film?

Film is something that I know little about. I seldom went to the movie theater or thought of film as anything more than a distraction shared by friends. The release of Mad Max Fury Road changed that. Mad Max drew me in and made me think about what makes a film good. It made me think about the culmination of …

January Films

I watched (at least) 16 films in January. January the first month that I began keeping track of every film I watched. I actually started this process on the 9th, so I may have missed a couple films at the very beginning of the year. I record the name of the film, the director, the date the film was released, …