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Film Analysis: On the Beach (1959)

Soviet Union were busy building up their nuclear arms arsenals, the specter of the nuclear holocaust hung over society and haunted...

Use of Cinematography in The Truman Show

lighting, color, camera angle, types of shots, music and set design, to underscore the theme of self-determination and individual...

The Secret/Crash

This essay presents a summary of the films "Crash" and "The Secret." Then, the writer offers offers a personal opinion concerning ...

Aspects of "When Harry Met Sally" (1989)

This paper pertains to eight specific issues that address the film "When Harry Met Sally" (1989). These aspects of the film discus...

The Notebook (2004), Psychological Aspects

This film review examines the social aspects of the 2004 film, "The Notebook." Four pages in length, three sources are cited. ...

Philadelphia (1994) from a Sociological Viewpoint

This paper begins by presenting a brief summary of the plot to "Philadelphia," a 1994 film. The writer, then, present a sociologic...

Secret Life of Bees from a Social Work Perspective

This paper pertains to Lily, the main character is the film "The Secret Life of Bees." The writer discusses the film from a social...

Quiz Show, John Turturro's Performance

This essay presents an argument that John Turturro's performance as Herbert Stempel is crucial to this film's structure and plot. ...

Historical Accuracy of Elizabeth: The Golden Age

This film review pertains to "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," which premiered in 2007 and portrays events from the reign of Elizabeth ...

Transamerica, a Film Review

This film review pertains to Transamerica (2005, directed by Duncan Tucker), which is the story of Sabrina "Bree" Osborne, a trans...

Film Review, To Kill A Mockingbird

This film review is on "To Kill A Mockingbird" (1962), directed by Robert Mulligan, based on the novel by Harper Lee. The writer t...

Value of the Rain Forest, "Medicine Man"

This film review pertains to "Medicine Man," a 1992 film directed by John McTiernan. The writer gives an overview of the plot, whi...

Film Festivals and their History

This research paper pertains to the history and development of film festivals and focuses on the specific histories of the festiva...

Film on the Discovery of Insulin and the Atkins Diet

This research paper/essay has two parts. The first part, which is three pages in length, is on a PBS film entitled Glory Enough fo...

The Film Rent

An analysis of the film Rent focuses on sex and sexuality and how that is portrayed. The merits of the film are evaltued. There ar...

Beneficence and A Deadly Deception

This essay pertains to "A Deadly Deception," which is a PBS film that documents the events of the Tuskegee syphilis study, which l...

"The Wizard of Oz" Group Development

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at group development in "The Wizard of Oz". Four stages of development (forming, stormin...

Questions on Requiem For a Dream

This paper offers answers to nine questions that address Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film Requiem for a Dream. The film focuses on the...

The Dardenne Brothers and Realism

This essay pertains to Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, who are directed numerous films over the past 4 decades. Their documentaries...

The Life and Career of Charles Chaplin

This paper explores the career of comic film maker, Charles Chaplin. The author focuses mostly on his early, silent films, such a...

A Social Crime Analysis of Carlito's Way

This five page essay examines the film by Brian DePalma in reference to the social crime theories of Walter B. Miller. This film ...

A Study of Gener Issues in 'The Birdcage'

This paper comprised of 25 pages compares and contrasts the portrayal of homosexual men and their defined gender roles with realit...

Sex Education and Censorship

The use of sexually explicit films in the context of teaching sex education is the subject of this research paper. This report loo...

How a Blind Person Would 'See' Forrest Gump

In six pages this film is reviewed from a blind person's perspective along with a consideration of negative and positive film impa...

The Dance Sequence from Singin' In the Rain

This writer offers a detailed analysis of the Gotta Dance/Broadway Melody scene from the 1952 film Singin' In the Rain. These scen...

Auteur Film Director Brian DePalma

The auteur film techniques that characterize director Brian DePalma are considered in an examination of three of his films The Unt...

Film Shine and the Theme of Emotion

In five pages this paper presents a thematic analysis of this movie and examines how sound and dialogue contribute to the film's e...

Controversial Film Director Quentin Tarantino

This paper consists of five pages and examines the controversies surrounding this film director, producer, writer, and actors uses...

Apocolypse Now Film by Director Francis Ford Coppola

In five pages this paper considers the film's parallels with Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and also discusses influences of T...

Scream Film Genre and Criticism

In nine pages this paper discusses media criticism and its types with a focus upon scholarly, journalist, and auteurist and then e...