FILM REVIEW
A film review series that examines how cinema expands our understanding of city identity and how reemerging cityscapes in the post-industrial age have influenced cinema.
Post-industrial Playgrounds: A Review of Birds of Prey
The grand factories and complexes that once symbolized the greatness of the city are in decline, painting a backdrop at once bleak and fascinating in its grayscale earth tones and dilapidated city skylines. And yet, from the rubble emerges a colorful and voguish “new” that builds on the city’s history into a post-industrial future.
The grand factories and complexes that once symbolized the greatness of the city are in decline, painting a backdrop at once bleak and fascinating in its grayscale earth tones and dilapidated city skylines. And yet, from the rubble emerges a colorful and voguish “new” that builds on the city’s history into a post-industrial future.
Post-industrial Playgrounds: A Review of Birds of Prey
The grand factories and complexes that once symbolized the greatness of the city are in decline, painting a backdrop at once bleak and fascinating in its grayscale earth tones and dilapidated city skylines. And yet, from the rubble emerges a colorful and voguish “new” that builds on the city’s history into a post-industrial future.
The grand factories and complexes that once symbolized the greatness of the city are in decline, painting a backdrop at once bleak and fascinating in its grayscale earth tones and dilapidated city skylines. And yet, from the rubble emerges a colorful and voguish “new” that builds on the city’s history into a post-industrial future.
Living Six Feet Under: A Review of Parasite
With four Academy Award wins (and as the only non-English-language film to ever win Best Picture), Parasite recently put South Korean cinema on the radar of the average American filmgoer. South Korean cinema evolved out of a backdrop of the Korean War and government censorship that, combined with international influence, created a unique and burgeoning national cinema from which Parasite director Bong Joon-ho emerged.
With four Academy Award wins (and as the only non-English-language film to ever win Best Picture), Parasite recently put South Korean cinema on the radar of the average American filmgoer. South Korean cinema evolved out of a backdrop of the Korean War and government censorship that, combined with international influence, created a unique and burgeoning national cinema from which Parasite director Bong Joon-ho emerged.
