Annie Kapur
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A Filmmaker's Review: "Albert Nobbs" (2011)
I initially didn't think too much of this film when it first came out, I thought it was just yet another period drama. But how wrong I was... This film is a modern masterpiece of disguise and intrigue, a film of secrecy and darkness. There is something incredibly tense about this film that keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout even the every day life of the manor. The tagline is spoken almost as part of the dialogue in the film when the doctor speaks to Albert and says "We are all disguised as ourselves..." that's more of a realisation moment by the audience. But let's move on to the review for now...
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to the Best Performances: Cary Grant
Cary Grant was born on the 18th of January, 1904 in Bristol, England. The English Born-American actor was the second child of a tailor and a seamstress (which explains why his clothes were always so good!). Be that as it may, his mother was suffering from clinical depression and his father was an alcoholic. His mother was placed in a mental institution and his father had told him, after some time, that his mother had died. Cary Grant grew up not really being very close to his parents until his father not only remarried and started a new family but he also found out when his father was dying, that his mother was still alive.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide: "Hard Candy" (2005)
This thriller is possibly one of the most intense thrillers you'll ever watch that has cropped up straight out of 21st century nightmares. The 21st century nightmare in this film involves what happens when a little girl speaks online to an older man and I can honestly say that if you were a little girl (a minor) online in the first decade of the 21st century you probably experienced you fair share of older men wanting to chat/meet up with you. Saying "no" for some girls can be difficult I know, but seriously it wasn't very difficult for me because as soon as I told them my mom was a cop shit turned. But in some cases, the girl can be terrified and seriously, I think that hitting on minors is a problem for a lot of men from the top ranks to the bottom jobs - I really don't know what it is with men and either little girls or women behaving like little girls. It kind of grosses me out.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "The Machinist" (2004)
This film is a god damn masterpiece and now, I have probably seen it about four or five times. Every single time you watch it, you see something you did not pick up before and every time you see the film the meaning of it gets closer and closer until you see something else and that changes the whole meaning entirely and you're back at square one. It's a film that constantly changes meaning.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "The Shakespeare Enigma" (2011)
So let's start with a bit of a history. I am a huge Shakespeare fan. I've read all the plays, I went to see a ton of them in the theatre and I've even got a ton of Shakespeare merchandise including bags, posters, etc. I have been a Shakespeare super-fan for well over ten years now and this is the very first time I have come across such an incriminating film. Unfortunately enough for myself I am also a huge Christopher Marlowe fan, owning the same amount of merchandise, having read and seen all the plays performed live and even having studied Dr. Faustus for nearly every year of my university life because it is so damn good. Marlowe and Shakespeare may have been around at the same time, they may have had a similar (ish) writing style and they may have had a similar target audience. But to suggest that they are the same person is a theory tried, tested and failed long before this film even came about in 2011.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "Unlocking Da Vinci's Code" (Amazon Prime)
I really enjoyed this documentary on the secrets concerning Da Vinci, even though we've all seen them a billion times by now. What is commonly known as the "Da Vinci Code", put forth in the Dan Brown novel seems to be explored in a documentary here far before the novel itself comes out. I have a few pros and cons to this I'd like to discuss.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "Saints and Sinners: A History of the Papacy" (Amazon Prime)
There are many things that I have to say about this show and many notes that I have made and yet, unfortunately - I want this review to be nice and concise and so, I'm going to skip over the deeper stuff and cover what I think would interest you to know about this series.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: S1: "Great Artists with Tim Marlow" (Amazon Prime)
This series of documentaries has been on my watchlist for a while now and so, I gave it a watch since believe it or not - I enjoy watching art documentaries. One of the things I like to see in art documentaries is detail into the art and artists with links between the two and how they evolve through the life of the artist. I know this sounds specific but I think that this is the key thing we need in order to start understanding the artist and their work - we need the growth and the links.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to "Cloud Atlas" (2012)
In honour of David Mitchell's birthday, we're going to take a look at the film "Cloud Atlas" (2012) - which was previously a book written by Mitchell who also wrote "The Bone Clocks" and "Slade House". Known for his psychological novels, "Cloud Atlas" seemed like the perfect book to adapt into a sci-fi/fantasy like movie, keeping the psychological essence of the passage of time very clear within the film. Directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Ben Whishaw and many many more, this film has an ensemble that is possibly one of the best that fantasy film has ever seen.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to Documentary: Aaron Swartz
Aaron Swartz, as most of us may remember, was an activist and child-genius of the 21st century. His legacy involves net neutrality and the right to exercise free will when using online services and forums. Swartz was also a prolific activist in the field of knowledge and intelligent property, supporting the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR) and being one of the most common faces of 2000s activism.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to Adaptation: Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett died on the 10th of January, 1961 - but by then he had amassed a great amount of noir literature written with characters we love like Sam Spade, Nick and Nora etc. He was a great writer and ever since his birth on the 27th of May, 1894 in Maryland, USA - he has been a continuous name mentioned when we talk about the great film noir. After he basically created hard-boiled crime fiction, many thought it would be great to adapt his works into films.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks