Tag Archives: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

From Prohibiting to Demanding: The Newest Unnecessary and Anti-Art Regulations from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Mark DuPré

Most folks with even a cursory knowledge of American film history knows about the Hayes Code. In brief: the Hayes Code was implemented by the film industry in the early 1930s primarily to avoid government censorship and to attempt to … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged A Streetcar Named Desire, Academy Award, Baby Face, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Freaks, Hayes Code, It Happened One Night, Jaws, Mae West, Oscar, Scarface, Schindler's List, SNL, The Bad Seed, The Godfather, The Goodbye Girl, The Letter | Leave a comment

Arrival

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Mark DuPré

When I experienced Arrival, I couldn’t help but think of the last line of “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot: “Not with a bang but a whimper.” While the plot—worldwide alien visitation and the struggle to communicate—sounds like many another … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, Amy Adams, Arrival, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Denis Villeneuve, Hitchcock, Incendies, Inception, Interstellar, Jeremy Renner, Jessica Chastain, La Jetée, Nancy Meyers, Sicario, The Sixth Sense | Leave a comment

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