How to understand the ethical value of a documentary such as Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell (2012), which focuses more… Read more The Story Justifies the Means: the Ethics of Manipulation in ‘Stories We Tell’
Tag: film criticism
Discourse and Identity: Difference as Disability
One of the 2017-2018 “Awards Season” movies that recently had moderate critical acclaim and box office success was the musical… Read more Discourse and Identity: Difference as Disability
Anti-Heroism: Sinners & Not-So-Saints
We live in a “transitional state, where the masses no longer trust the elites and are confused about their values.”[1]… Read more Anti-Heroism: Sinners & Not-So-Saints
The Three Hitchcocks
Every time I have to face the question “do I like Alfred Hitchcock?” I find… Read more The Three Hitchcocks
Barney’s Business
All fans and followers of the hit TV sitcom How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) could and should agree that there’s… Read more Barney’s Business
Hank Without a Home: The Unethical Behavior of Californication’s Hank Moody
Hank Moody, the protagonist of Californication, represents a very unusual type of anti-hero to root for: he’s neither a stylish-yet-troubled… Read more Hank Without a Home: The Unethical Behavior of Californication’s Hank Moody
The Superreality of Cinema and Television
How to understand that most of the best pieces of cinema and television (and for that matter, the best… Read more The Superreality of Cinema and Television
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