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Sometimes I Think About Dying: Introversion, ideation and the monotony of working a 9-5
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TW: This article discusses themes of suicide. “It’s hard, isn’t it? To be a person,” states the character of Isobel in Rachel Lambert’s feature film Sometimes I Think About Dying. ‘Released on Jan. 26, Sometimes I Think About Dying provides a sombre and introspective look at creeping feelings of suicidal ideation and office monotony. Fran,…
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Society of the Snow is a must-watch harrowing tale
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Society of the Snow, based on a true story, is a harrowing retelling of a plane crash in the Andes mountains in 1972. A rugby team of male students along with friends, family, and 5 crew members were flying from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Santiago, Chile, for a game on October 13, 1972. A total of…
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I’m kind of over the Oscars this year
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As a Film Studies student here at Laurier, there’s always a lot of buzz around the announcement of the Oscar nominations. With 2024’s nominations recently released, there’s the usual uproar as the public complains about the snubs. I know I, along with I assume many others, was furious to learn that Jack Black’s Peaches from…
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Plongée au coeur de l’adolescence
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Coeur de Slush (2023) est un film québécois réalisé par Mariloup Wolfe, et tiré d’un roman de Sarah-Maude Beauchesne. Léger sans être superficiel, c’est un film qui devrait plaire aux adolescents. Sarah-Maude Beauchesne, qui décrit son livre comme « un roman sur l’amour et le désir, qui pose un regard nostalgique sur le passage d’une…
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Diving into the heart of a teen in “Billie Blue”
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Billie Blue is a Quebecois movie directed by Mariloup Wolfe and based off the novel by Sarah-Maude Beauchesne. Entertaining without being superficial, this is a movie that should appeal to many teenagers. The film’s screenwriter, Sarah-Maude Beauchesne, describes the film in Hurtbise as “a novel about love and desire, which takes a nostalgic look at…
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Anatomie d’un grand film
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Anatomie d’un grand film Anatomie d’une chute, de Justine Triet est un drame policier captivant. Sa sortie le 20 octobre a fait le buzz parmi les critiques. Quelle est la recette du succès de ce film, récompensé par la Palme d’Or au Festival de Cannes? Suicide ou meurtre? Dans un chalet isolé des Alpes françaises,…
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Anatomy of a Great Film
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Anatomy of a Fall, directed by Justine Triet, is a captivating crime drama that premiered on Oct. 20 and created a buzz among critics. What is the key to the success of this film, which was awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival? Suicide or Murder? In an isolated chalet in the French…
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What makes a truly “spooky” horror film?
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Horror: It’s every quirky roommate’s favourite genre. It’s a unique genre in the specific type of reaction it tries to illicit, making it simpler to point out what makes for a bad horror movie than a film in any other genre. What makes some horror movies bad, or to put a more affirmative spin on…
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Are you ready for the Razzies?
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There are certainly a lot of awards that films and people involved with films can achieve. Of course, the Oscars are the most famous of the awards, but they are not the only ones. There are awards to be won at film festivals such as TIFF, Cannes and Sundance. There are also smaller and less…
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“Hugo” vs. “The Fablemans”: It’s better when it’s personal
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Martin Scorsese and Stephen Speilberg may be the greatest directors alive. They have made some of the most influential films in cinema history. For Scorsese, films like Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980) and Goodfellas (1990) only scrape the surface of his filmography. Speilberg influenced pop culture with Jaws (1975), E.T. (1982), and the Indiana…
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