By Robert Bellissimo "A cross between cinema, philosophy, poetry, and a quasi-religious experience. It's almost like he's inventing a new form ... he kept saying that he wanted to "catch life on a wing". This is a quote from Cate Blanchett who was in Knight Of Cups,...
By Robert Bellissimo In 1949, the critic James Agree called City Lights' final scene "the greatest single piece of acting ever committed to celluloid", which I'd have to agree with. It moves me to tears every time I see it. City Lights is so moving, funny, truthful,...
By Robert Bellissimo Fellini's "8 1/2" has inspired so many filmmakers, that some have even tried to make their own version of it. From Paul Mazursky's Alex In Wonderland (1970), to Woody Allen's Stardust Memories, to Abel Ferrara's Dangerous Game (also known as Snake...
By Robert Bellissimo Where does the documentary and feature film begin and end in "Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One"? Does it even matter? In 1968, Filmmaker William Greaves put together a multiracial cast and crew to shoot screen tests in Central Park in New York City...
By Riley Lovering Spencer With the start of February, and a holiday that's highly anticipated by couples (and marketing teams alike) on the horizon, what better time than now to release a film centred around Valentine's Day? And Heart Eyes is certainly that… if your...
By Robert Bellissimo I think The Brutalist is a masterpiece. Film critics and historians will be discussing this film for years to come. It offers plenty to dissect and it doesn't lack an inch of substance. It certainly is one of the best films I've seen produced in...
By Robert Bellissimo I've always loved Christmas. When I was a child, I would wake my parents up really early because I was so excited about opening gifts. I loved seeing my family on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We usually went to my Grandmother's or Aunt's house...
by Robert Bellissimo Murder investigation movies or TV shows often follow a detective as they follow leads to solve a murder. A story may lead you to believe that one of the characters is the murderer and then another character, and so on and so forth, finally leading...
By Anders Norton, age 14 The Truman Show is a movie about a man who is born and raised in a giant movie set. He doesn’t know that he is being filmed and is on live tv 24/7. He starts to realize this, however, when strange things start to happen and he starts to...