Posts in Film
Fashion and Female Identity in Film

Long dismissed as mere cosmetics and playing dress-up, women’s cinematic fashions have inspired far-reaching cultural trends by reflecting or encouraging resilience.

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Sight, Sound & Meaning: A Glimpse Into the History of Music Films

With so much to unpack and take into account, we are forced to think for ourselves and consider what both unites and separates the visual from the sonic, filling in that sublime gap with the emotional responses solicited by the works.

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'80s Oscars: Establishing a Precedent

After the creative boom of the ‘70s, the Hollywood pendulum swung away from the cinematic achievements it had produced at its auteur zenith and towards the lowest common denominator.

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'60s Oscars: Nostalgic Detachment and Urgent Renewal

The move towards detached fantasy would ultimately mark the ‘60s as one of the most backwards-looking decade in Oscar history, giving seven top prizes to movies that dwell on times gone by.

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'50s Oscars: Glorified Cheer and Discarded Noir

Seeing that this was the decade that cemented the notion of Americana as ideal and continued to ride the jingoistic wave of the post-war late ‘40s, it scarcely comes as a surprise that the Academy would want to rise above the grim immorality on display in these films.

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