One IC Student’s Report on the 2015 Cannes Film Festival by Eli Hayes From the October 2015 IssueThe Cannes International Film Festival, one of the biggest film festivals in the world and arguably the most prestigious, is in constant, gorgeous chaos. It’s a goliath of an event set along the Mediterranean sea in the city … Continue reading
by Justin Madore From the October 2015 Issue With the recent success of Straight Outta Compton, we take a look back at Tinseltown’s role in hip hop’s steady rise from a niche NYC curiosity to a cultural sensation; From headphones to Hollywood. In 2015, there’s no denying the impact of hip hop on American and … Continue reading
by Sam Paulson From the October 2015 Issue Antichrist (2009) Antichrist is the first film in the trilogy and plays like Trier’s version of a torture porn movie. It deals with the pain of depression, both in an emotional and physical sense. While the film shares many similar visual motifs with the Saw franchise, it … Continue reading
by Francesca Hodge & Tyler Macri From the October 2015 IssueJoshua Oppenheimer’s documentary, The Look of Silence follows an Indonesian optician, Adi Rukun, as he confronts the men responsible for his brother’s murder. The audience quickly learns the facts surrounding the anti-communist genocide that swept across Indonesia nearly fifty years earlier and the failed military … Continue reading
by Justin Bertolero From the October 2015 IssueEveryone loves going to the movies. Some people have strange rituals when it comes time to take a seat at their local cinema, but there is one thing that many agree on: you can’t miss the previews. This classic staple of the big screen is an often overlooked … Continue reading
by Susan Brancaccio From the October 2015 IssueCatherine (Elisabeth Moss), seeking emotional exile after experiencing an unpleasant breakup as well as the traumatic loss of her father, agrees to go on a one-week getaway at her friend Virginia’s (Katherine Waterston) lake house. What should be a relaxing break from reality instead only deepens Catherine’s feelings … Continue reading
by Mikayla Mislak From the October 2015 Issue In a place between fairytale and real, she finds you, the one with the hands bleeding of smoke. Take a drink from her saintly palms. She prays to your unrested soul, which lays somewhere between rose bushes and the forced servitude of human furniture. Although anchored by … Continue reading
by Kevin Fermini From the October 2015 Issue Words cannot properly represent a visual medium, and nowhere is this more true than in Nobuhiko Obayashi’s bizarrely realized, perfectly executed feature film debut, House. Behind its title’s unassuming exterior, House lies on a foundation of surrealism, psychedelia, absurd humor, childhood nightmares and Scooby-Doo cartoons (if the … Continue reading
From the October 2015 Issue My journey into the celluloid world began with a puddle of blood on Valentine’s Day. A fourth concussion got me stitches, a scar, an ambulance ride, and two years of bondage. I was a prisoner in my own home; a bird with a broken head, unable to leave its cage. … Continue reading
by Francesca Hodge From the October 2015 IssueThe foxes emerge gradually out of the thick pearly fog, flat circular hats balanced on their heads. They dance slowly and cautiously across the screen, crouching and gazing keenly into the redwood grove for any sign of intruders. A young boy watches this procession from behind a wide … Continue reading
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