Articles from February 2022
Creative and critical movie writing from the Ped Mall to the moon!
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Submission title / author name + bio / piece (uploaded as a Doc)
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Chungking Express
Friday, February 25, 2022
In Wong Kar Wai’s Chungking Express, the unpredictability and vastness of love are visualized through two interconnected relationships. In the first story, Cop 223 marks the expiration of his past relationship with the purchasing of pineapple cans.
Punch-Drunk Love
Friday, February 4, 2022
Paul Thomas Anderson is one of my favorite directors in the industry. Within his slightly-off characters and sweeping California landscapes is an exploration of what makes us human. Part of our experience as people is falling in love.