I was fortunate enough to have a conversation with Egan Bisma, the person behind ScreenplaySubs, on the conception of the software, how it was made and the benefits of viewing a film in this particular way.
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First Look Review: ‘We Are Who We Are’ (2020) Flourishes Under The Italian Sun
Luca Guadagnino’s first season of ‘We Are Who We Are’
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Now That’s What I Call Kino #8 – The Importance of Josephine Baker
Few figures have a cultural importance as great as Josephine Baker. Born in Missouri 1906, she later started out her career as a background dancer in Broadway. She received her big break in Paris and moved to France during the 1920s. She was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture when…
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REVIEW: Summerland (2020) is a “A Queer Comedy with Humor and Heart”
Directing duo Kurtis David Harder and Noah Kentis, known together as Lankyboy, have always dreamed of making a coming of age road trip film. Their dreams came true with the release of their feature debut Summerland (2020), a queer comedy with equal parts humor and heart. With an upbeat soundtrack, desert scenes, and a Coachella-esque music festival, the film has all the ingredients to make a fun movie that’s perfect for this time of year.
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‘Sleeping With Other People’ (2015), ‘When Harry Met Sally…’ (1989), and the Mortifying Ideal of Being Known
Whether it’s love at first sight or something a bit more complicated, it would seem that every relationship must eventually boil down to the inevitable question: are we friends or are we something more?
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The Queer Sexual Tension in Detective Stories
Obsession, devotion, pursuit – all can be acts synonymous to falling in love. However, they are also the key elements for a detective cat-and-mouse story. The relationship between a detective and the criminal they hunt is one that – in many great crime stories – becomes intimately close. They chase each other, play with each…
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10 Years On, ‘Never Let Me Go’ (2010) Isn’t As Bleak As You Remember
Never Let Me Go is more interested in the characters than the science-fiction elements: telling a story of love and making the most of what time we have.
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‘The George Lucas Talk Show’ (2020) is an Earnestly Silly Celebration of Star Wars
When an essentially unavoidable piece of pop culture such as Star Wars is heavily discussed, parodied and referenced throughout media and in everyday conversation, it can begin to lose the unique appeal that initially drew people in and made them fans. That’s why some people refuse to engage in things that are popular; if you hear about something enough, even if it’s in a positive manner, you feel like you’ve already experienced it and don’t need to delve any deeper.
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Now That’s What I Call Kino #7 – The Legacy of Lou Gehrig in The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
With sports reassuringly making their way back to dominating our TV channels, it seemed right for this week’s article to look back at the world of sports biopics in Golden Age Hollywood. And whilst the sports of boxing, football and so forth have their own stories to tell – the one highlighted this week is…
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REVIEW: ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ (2020) is a Paradox of a Film
I’m Thinking of Ending Things is everything and nothing, meaningless but meaningful.
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