Articles written by William Nava
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Batman: The Dark Knight's Nihilism
A recent trend of cynicism in prestige cinema makes its move to the mainstream with The Dark Knight's gloomy tone and nihilist Joker character.
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Film Review: Speed Racer
Speed Racer suffers from a limited target audience, but as exciting, childish, visually stimulating fun, it is practically peerless.
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Tarantino Gone Lazy
Following Pulp Fiction, Tarantino has seemed content with wowing the world only sparingly, spending the rest of his time referencing himself in his own films.
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Review: Shine A Light
With Shine a Light, Martin Scorsese makes not only a great concert film, but also celebrates The Rolling Stones' uniquely powerful defiance of age through rock n' roll.
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The Fictitious Team Apatow
Carefully catering to a specific audience, Hollywood has fabricated a fantasy comedy Team led by Judd Apatow that is not nearly as unified as the ad campaigns suggest.
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Kubrick's Unproduced Films
Three films that Stanley Kubrick put a great deal of energy into - Napoleon, The Aryan Papers and A.I. - were eventually shelved and never produced by the director.
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Review: Stop-Loss
Stop-Loss fails to learn from the mistakes of recent failures such as Lions for Lambs and Redacted.
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Juno's Excessive Backlash
For every bit of praise Juno has received, an equivalent backlash has followed. Why the strong dissent?
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Eyes Wide Shut Re-Examined
Kubrick's untimely death, a controversial studio digital edit and unfounded public expectations damaged the reputation of one of the director's greatest masterpieces.
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There Will Be Blood's Title
There Will Be Blood's title, which does not directly allude to anything in the film, makes a number of associations which attempt to comment on the action in the film.
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Hell and Wealth in Heaven Can Wait
As an attack on American capitalist values, director Ernst Lubitsch creates visual and ideological associations between Hell and American's wealthiest.
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POV in Breaking the Waves
With Breaking the Waves, director Lars von Trier questions the extent to which the camera's omniscient POV is and should be taken for granted in cinema.
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Looking Back at Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon, a lesser-known work of Stanley Kubrick, stands up to his great classics with powerful direction and innovative cinematography.
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