Tag: Hollywood
On the death of Michael K. Williams: The Man with the Scar – Media
The whistling in particular was unmistakable. If a few bars of the nursery rhyme “The Farmer in the Dell” could be heard in the rocky streets of West Baltimore, one…
Promising Young Woman in the Cinema: Revenge is Pink – Culture
Cassie could have become something. She studied medicine and she was good. But then the thing happened with her best friend. Nina was raped at a college party. Since then,…
Promising Young Woman in the Cinema: Revenge is Pink – Media
Cassie could have become something. She studied medicine and she was good. But then the thing happened with her best friend. Nina was raped at a college party. Since then,…
Film “Free Guy” in the cinema: Life is a computer game – culture
Think of Guy as a happy person. At one with himself and the world, he lives in Free City, doesn’t mind the fact that he has no choice, that every…
A portrait of Marlee Matlin: Sign language in Hollywood culture
Marlee Matlin scans her counterpart on the computer screen with an alert, curious gaze, as if she were looking for an important clue on the other side of the video…
“Brand New Cherry Flavor” on Netflix Media
Like many young women, Lisa Nova (Rosa Salazar) comes to Los Angeles as if the city was just waiting for her. She has her first short film in her luggage,…
On the death of Patricia Hitchcock – Culture
Patricia Alma O’Connell Hitchcock once said that she wished her father had had a more nepotistic sense – then she would have made it further as an actress. Alfred Hitchcock’s…
US Capitol Assault Hearings: Big Cinema – Culture
There aren’t many directors who have come up with their own adjective. One of the few is Frank Capra, a great filmmaker of Hollywood in the thirties and forties –…
Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney media
Actress Scarlett Johansson is suing the Walt Disney Company. On Thursday, her legal team filed a breach of contract lawsuit in a Los Angeles court. Report that, among other things…
“The Green Knight” in the cinema: a portrait of Dev Patel – culture
When Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” was the surprise success of the year in 2009, won eight Oscars and four Golden Globes, leading actor Dev Patel, almost 19 years old, was…