Dylan LavianaSadness Takes Center Stage in This Romantic Comedy: A Review of The Apartment (1960)Figuring out where to start with a review of a film like The Apartment is like trying to figure where exactly you should point your loaded…Mar 25, 2022Mar 25, 2022
Dylan LavianaHow Rossellini and Visconti Made the Most of Music: Rome, Open City (1945) and Ossessione (1943)Many moviegoers will never contemplate the difference between diegetic and non-diegetic music, let alone be familiar with the terms, in…Mar 25, 2022Mar 25, 2022
Dylan LavianaModernizing Comic Books to Tell Diverse StoriesThere is almost no easy way to dissect long-standing comic book characters. From series to series, writer to writer, artist to artist, and…Mar 25, 2022Mar 25, 2022
Dylan LavianaA Dogma for the Authentic DocumentarianThe function of documentary is inherently subjective as the person who makes a movie, a person who views it, and another who extensively…Mar 25, 2022Mar 25, 2022
Dylan LavianaTrue Love Found In Unusual Times: Rocky (1976) and Moonstruck (1988)The search for love among Italian-Americans is not an uncommon tale in cinema, but the ways Rocky (1976), directed by Richard Avildsen, and…Mar 25, 2022Mar 25, 2022
