“Footsteps in Movies” and Other Strange Notions about the Authenticity of Media
Footsteps in movies never sound real. They shouldn't. after all, they're footsteps in movies.
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Should ‘Thief’s Protagonist Be Punished or Praised?
Thief, like the best crime films, forces the viewer to rethink traditional conceptions of criminality.
Garret from ‘Thief’ is Either an Asshole or an Addict
At first, I thought Garret was just an asshole, but now I think he's just an addict. I’d like to help him, but all I can do is enable him.
A Little Ominous Noir Music Makes Jules Dassin’s ‘Rifif’ Nearly Perfect
This benchmark of the heist genre shows that for the criminal, elegance and brutality go hand-in-hand, never more vividly depicted than in this tightly structured ode to Paris.