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An Analysis of the Film, The Four Seasons

Even Jack and Kate, played by Alan Alda and Carol Burnett, experience tension. This is probably the most stable and mature couple ...

An Analysis of the Film, The African Queen

This paper examines the film, The African Queen, and discusses the relationship between movie's co-stars, Humphrey Bogart and Kath...

Terminator Science Fiction Film Review

In three pages this essay presents a review and analysis of the science fiction film Terminator. There is no bibliography include...

Film Versions of Anne of Avonlea and Anne of Green Gables

In ten pages the transition from the printed page unto the visual silver screen is examined in a consideration of these novels tur...

Films Silence of the Lambs, Psycho, and Transvestites

In twelve pages this paper examines how transvestites are depicted in each film. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Analysis of Scream and Psycho Horror Movies

In eight pages the changes that occurred in the horror cinematic genre between 1960 and 1996 are examined in a contrast and compar...

An Analysis of the Film, When Harry Met Sally

This paper analyzes the relationship between the two main characters in this film, Harry and Sally. This four page paper has no b...

The Breakfast Club Movie and Conflict Resolution

In five pages conflict resolution and social conflict are examined within the context of the 1985 film The Breakfast Club. Five s...

John Schlesinger's Film An Eye for an Eye and Gender Roles

In five pages the portrayal of gender roles in this 1995 film is discussed. There is no bibliography included....

Analysis of Howard Hawks' Film His Girl Friday

In five pages this paper analyzes Howard Hawks' 1939 film in terms of how objectives and goals are addressed by the featured chara...

Burlesque and Fear in Films Dr. Strangelove and The China Syndrome

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares these films by directors Stanley Kubrick and James Bridges in terms of their portra...

Blurring of Gender in the Films of Pedro Almodovar

In five pages this paper analyzes how this acclaimed Spanish director successfully achieves 'gender blurring' in his films. The b...

16th Century Social Mobility and the Film The Return of Martin Guerre

In five pages this essay considers the social mobility, daily life, and role of women in the sixteenth century as depicted in the ...

The 1957 Film '12 Angry Men'

a jury in the wake of racial stereotypes and roles. The defendant is an uneducated, teenaged Puerto Rican slum dweller. The "peer...

Chris Marker's 1962 Film La Jetee and Photographic Images of Loss and Memory

In five pages this paper examines a still photograph sequence from the film it serves to evoke loss and memories conceptually. Si...

Eraserhead Film by David Lynch

Experimental films are discussed in this research paper consisting of six pages with Lynch's feature debut the focus of considerat...

1989 Film Do the Right Thing by Director Spike Lee

In six pages this film is analyzed in terms of the blackness concept. Ten sources are cited in the bibliography....

Inner City Life in Cinema

The ways in which life in the inner cities are portrayed are contrasted and compared in an examination of the films La Haine by Ka...

Raging Bull, Breathless, and Spectator's Construct of Femininity According to Narrative and Style

In nine pages these films by Martin Scorsese and Jean Luc Godard are examined in terms of how femininity is presented to the spect...

Understanding the City

the feminine.1 Woolfs gendered city is found in her "all-pervasive metaphor of street life as river-like, conveying a sense of dyn...

Robert Middlemass: Stage/Film Actor and Playwright

in on various theatrical stages), Middlemass racked up an impressive list of stage credits. Some of his early Broadway appearance...

Film Review of Coach Carter

Carter and takes a swing at him, which Carter blocks and then, with an arm pended behind his back, Carter pushes Cruz against a wa...

Gang-Rape on Screen

(Ebert, 1988). As Ebert says in his review, "`The Accused demonstrates that rape victims often are suspects in their own cases. .....

To Be (long) or Not to Be (Long)

the idea that as father and son they belong together and belong to the same family group, but at the same time, as individuals, th...

Do Not Speak the Speech, I Pray You

who are unfamiliar with it; then if the instructor has any sense he or she will run the Kenneth Branagh uncut version the followin...

Film Violence

psychologists concluded that people with violent dispositions seek out violent material to view. The films themselves do not cause...

Cinematic Violence

The ongoing debate onf movie violence is examined from both sides in five pages with Pulp Fiction and Natural Born Killers among t...

Elia Kazan's 1947 Film Gentleman's Agreement and the Concept of Jewish 'Otherness'

In five pages this film is examined in terms of how it portrays the theme of Jewish 'otherness' in regards to the treatment of Jew...

Prostitution in the Films Mildred Pierce and Pretty Woman

In ten pages this paper discusses how the female heroines in each of these films prostituted themselves for various reasons. Four...

Films Prince of the City, Serpico, and the 'Code of Silence'

In five pages this paper examines how these films and the books they were based on feature the 'code of silence' in an assessment ...