1. Themes of Belonging in Music, Literature and Film
Taking the Sin out of the Cinema Since its invention, the motion picture quickly paved its way into American society as an acceptable art form and a style of mass entertainment. The road it traveled, however, was not as smooth as its plots and not as easily concluded as the events in the lives o...
As to whether this theory has done more than create yet another academic industry, one needs only look to the time-tested Roman "thumbs up, thumbs down" rating system, which has become so ubiquitous and beloved in America film critique. ...