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A Misunderstood Masterpiece: CHUNGKING EXPRESS

A Misunderstood Masterpiece: CHUNGKING EXPRESS

Wong Kar-wai is one of the best filmmakers from one of the most significant film movements, the Hong Kong New Wave. I’d argue he is one of the best filmmakers, full stop without any necessary qualifications. And, in my opinion, Chungking Express is his best film. Supposing one plus

Form and Faith in "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988)

Form and Faith in "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988)

The Last Temptation of Christ, also written by Schrader, is a movie that matters.

Of Myths and Monster Hunters, Part 2: The Divine Player and Visual Theology in the Films of Paul W.S. Anderson

Of Myths and Monster Hunters, Part 2: The Divine Player and Visual Theology in the Films of Paul W.S. Anderson

The following piece, using the theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher as a resource, is an auteur analysis of the visual grammar of Anderson’s films that argues his visuals invoke a sense of a “divine player” through their resemblance to the visual grammar of video games.