In the film “Race,” the character of famous athlete Jesse Owens is illustrated, as well as his story of crossing racial barriers in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Set in a very tumultuous era in history, Owens defied many social norms and societal expectations for himself as a black person. “Race”...

Released in 1970, Mash is a satirical war film which portrays the obstacles faced by the staff of a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital – a field hospital - during the Korean War (Altman, 1970). The story is set in South Korea, where American nurses, doctors and surgeons spend their days...

Cinematography is essentially defined as the art of making moving pictures; however there is so much more to the practice than just pointing a video camera at a scene and pressing record. Depending on the cameras, lighting, staging, and a number of other factors, cinematography makes the difference between the...

Roman Polanski's 1974 film, Chinatown, is a modern classic bringing together the genres of film noir, mystery, crime drama, and romance. The stylish movie, set in 1937, then allows for multiple interpretations as to its main themes. It is arguable, for example, that the film's story line of incest goes...

The 2010 film Black Swan centers on the unhealthy psychology of Nina, the lead character. From the movie's earliest scenes, it is clear that a number of serious issues are within Nina. On an overt level, she exists in a constant state of anxiety. Some of this is explained by...