Playing Roles against One’s Real-Life Sexuality
Jonathan Demme’s Philadelphia (1993) earned Tom Hanks his first Academy Award as the best actor in a leading role but not without receiving some backlash…
Category: Screenopticals
So Who Played James Bond the Best?
Popular as James Bond has been in the action/thriller cinema with a number of actors bringing Ian Fleming’s character to life on the screen, the…
Silkwood (1983) and the Missing True Crime Tag
You can see it but you can’t say it. This interesting restrainer works in viewing Mike Nichols’ Silkwood (1983), which is based on a true…
The Killer (1989) – The Homoerotic Interpretation of Jeff–Li Chemistry
Since watching John Woo’s landmark gangster action film The Killer (1989), I’ve come across quite a few reviews that sense a homoerotic feel to the…
Of Zodiac Signs and Movie Genres
Some of us keep an astronomical interest in movies. A recent article, however, that I came across proposed that the best movie genres for us…
Buffalo Bill: Laying the Transphobia Noise to Rest
So a couple months back the familiar complaint about Buffalo Bill’s character in The Silence of the Lambs again made rounds on social media –…
Children of Men (2006) – Sci-Fi or Simply Dystopian?
More than 10 years ago, when I first saw Children of Men (2006) in my sci-fi cinema class at the college, my first thought was…
Directorial Ethics: How Much Should Actors Take It?
Film directors can be friendly or bossy, even insensitive and outright cruel. But how far can they go to beat their desired performance out of…
Twin Peaks: The Return (2017), But of What?
David Lynch’s first death anniversary was observed last month with lots of praise showered on his works, notably his last regular feature production Twin Peaks:…
Laura (1944) – Film Noir vs Murder Mystery
Otto Preminger’s Laura (1944) has widely been acclaimed a great noir film and a mystery you can never tire of watching. The latter claim is…