Original post can be found at The Cinematropolis It’s that time of the year again when film lovers from across the globe gather around their TV screens to watch the Academy Awards. For cinephiles and film nerds this is as close as we get to watching our teams go to the Super Bowl or World Series. The 2018 Oscar…
Category: Essays
The Shape of Water is Guillermo Del Toro’s Challenge For All of Us to Love “The Other”
Original post can be found at The Cinematropolis There are few directors who are as beloved by his fans and respected by his colleagues and partners in Hollywood as Guillermo Del Toro. The make-up artist turned writer/director/producer has become one of the iconic directors of our time with smaller horror-fantasies like The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth and studio…
Jigsaw: When a Fan Film Misses the Point
Original post can be found at The Cinematropolis After seven years away from the big screen, the Saw franchise has finally made a return. In the world of studio filmmaking, the runaway success of the annual franchise year after year made a revival inevitable. Heading into the movie, my two main questions were,”can fresh talent…
Becoming Human: What Blade Runner Reveals About Humanity Through AI
Original post can be found at The Cinematropolis Spoilers for Blade Runner(1982) and Blade Runner 2049 lay ahead! Creating sentient beings and exploring exactly what might happen when the human race finally cracks the code to create new life is one of genre cinema’s favorite past times. Ever since the idea was first realized on…
Mother! Should Be Retitled The Gospel of Aronofsky
Original post can be found on The Cinematropolis FULL MOTHER! SPOILERS AHEAD! Darren Aronofsky has long been one of the more polarizing filmmakers of our time. He made himself a name with films like Requiem for a Dream, Pi, and The Wrestler eventually rising to the ranks of Oscar contender with Black Swan. Mother! isn’t quite like any…
Bound – The Beginning of the Wachowskis’ 20 Year War on Oppression
Original post can be found on The Cinematropolis Welcome to the first edition of one of our Cinematropolis essay columns, Underexposed, where we look at the buried, under-appreciated or forgotten screen gems from outstanding filmmakers. Each edition of Underexposed will explore a different film under that respective month’s theme and will highlight its significance to remind…
Caleb Masters 