THE DIRECTOR’S LENS

  • The Criterion Chronicles Vol. 4

    Anora (2024) Directed by Sean Baker Spine #1259

  • The Narrative Structure of The Monkey

    It’s been a minute since I’ve dived into my self-created syllabus of film study, so why not return with an oddball entry of 2025 with Osgood Perkins adaptation of the Stephen King short story, The Monkey.

  • The Criterion Chronicles: Vol. 3

    Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

  • McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)

    Shot on 35mm film Directed by Robert Altman Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond

  • Exploring The Theme of Death Of A Unicorn

    Theme, the high arching message that artists aim to communicate through their works, be it overt or subliminal. If the creative choices a director makes are the “how” of a movie, be it the visual representations, the positioning of the camera, the music that sets a mood, then the theme must surely be the “what,”…

  • The Phoenician Scheme (2025)

    Shot on 35mm Film/ Directed by Wes Anderson/ Cinematography by Bruno Delbonnel

  • The Actor Is Just A Bad Dream Dressed In A Twilight Zone Costume

    As I progress through my personally designed course of film studies, I’ve added some essential reading to the curriculum this week with Timothy Corrigan’s “A Short Guide to Writing About Film.” I hope the text will help articulate my perspectives and analysis in cinema that will grow through study from the other textbooks I’ve been…

  • Ode to The Western

    “Every western is about America, whether it knows it or not: among the major film genres of comedy, horror, romance, noir, thriller, musical, gangster picture, and science fiction, the western is the one that can’t be anything but American regardless of samurai templates or Italian reinterpretations. Around the world, the Old American West has, for…

  • The Criterion Chronicles Vol. 2

    Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)

  • The First Thor Movie is Actually Great, and Don’t You Forget It…

    It has been over a fortnight since Thor: Ragnarok struck movie goers like the mighty hammer Mjolnir, injecting the franchise with some much-needed energy and plenty of LOL’s.