Film Archive
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Hamlet: Inspiration from Procrastination
Posted on September 4, 2013William Shakespeare has been an inspiration to countless artists and his influence can be seen up to this day. His play about the procrastinating prince Hamlet in particular has been […] -
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Proper Value: Death to Smoochy; an Ode to Film Noir
Posted on August 28, 2013One of our main focuses at The Culture Counter is to introduce people to works of culture that they otherwise would have missed. This reoccurring segment, Proper Value, brings films, […] -
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Best Films in the Public Domain
Posted on August 23, 2013Downloading movies for free has become mainstream, much to the chagrin of the film industry. Especially starting film makers are finding it increasingly difficult to make a living because of […] -
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The Trauma of Memory and the Shattering of Time in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse–Five and Chris Marker’s La Jetée
Posted on August 2, 2013Journalist Jeffrey R. Di Leo once asked Kurt Vonnegut about the situation of the world at that time, the mid-eighties. His question was not long and difficult, but infused all […] -
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An Introduction to Iranian Cinema
Posted on July 24, 2013Not many people are familiar with Iranian cinema. This is a shame, because Iranian cinema has a rich past and up to this day interesting and provocative films are made. […] -
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Laughter in the Dark: A Cinematic Novel
Posted on July 19, 2013Few will deny Vladimir Nabokov a place among the greats of twentieth century literature. Many casual readers, though, will struggle to mention more than one of his novels. That one, […] -
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Why It’s Vital to Go See (and Pay for) Pacific Rim
Posted on July 17, 2013I haven’t seen Pacific Rim. A strange way to start an endorsement, I know. But this article does not try to defend the artistic elements of the film, but what […] -
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Ceci n’est pas Star Trek
Posted on July 15, 2013WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD When the first new Star Trek film came out, I didn’t like it. I couldn’t describe the feeling, but something about the reboot really annoyed me. What […]