Room 237

Advertisements A movie, freed from the shackles of auteurism, has a life of its own. It exists as a text of its own, influencing the lives of others in ways the original author may not have intended, or even imagined. We would…

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LA Film Festival: The Advocates

Advertisements The state of California is in a housing crisis. Gone are the days of the California Dream, when a person could realistically expect, so long as they had a decent job, to own a modest three bedroom house with a nice…

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Letter From Masanjia

Advertisements In the summer of 1999, everything changed for China’s seventy million or so Falun Gong practitioners. Introduced in 1992, the spiritual movement had grown rapidly by emphasizing common sense ideals: truthfulness, compassion, and morality. However, due to its size and independence…

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Minding the Gap

Advertisements Minding the Gap has been on my most anticipated list for quite a bit of time, but I actually didn’t know much about the film besides it being a documentary about a group of young adults who bond over skateboarding. I…

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Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist

Advertisements Vivienne Westwood is a fashion legend who gained her now iconic status as a designer by infiltrating the fashion scene with her rock n’ roll attitude and anti-establishment sentiment.  Lorna Tucker’s documentary sets out to introduce us to the lesser-known antics…

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Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018: 5 Must See Films

Advertisements On the 7th of June, documentary lovers descended on Sheffield’s city center for six days of films and fun in the sun. This year the festival opened itself up to the virtual reality boom and many other modern interpretations of storytelling.…

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