Basic Film Review / 'Grapes of Wrath'
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A 1- page review of the movie GRAPES OF WRATH. The writer examines the value of this classic and its courageous political statement.
Filename: Grapefil.wps

Basic Film Review / Charlie Chaplin's 'The Gold Rush'
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A one-page paper that reviews the movie THE GOLD RUSH. The writer examines what is considered one of Chaplin's greatest films of all time.
Filename: Goldrush.wps

Basic Film Review / Hamlet / The Film
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A 2 page essay on this movie starring Mel Gibson. The writer gives a personal response and feeling for the film.
Filename: Hamlet4.wps

Basic Film Review / Robin Hood / Prince of Thieves
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A 2 page essay on this movie starring Kevon Costner. The writer gives a personal response and feeling for the film.
Filename: Hood.wps

Batman and Joker -- Different Sides of the Same Coin?
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This 7 page report discusses the 1989 blockbuster movie “Batman” starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson. However, this report compares the actual characters of Batman and the Joker and considers the ways in which they are actually very similar, even though one is evil and the other is good. What should also be considered are the many ways in which Batman and The Joker are similar in terms of their own attitudes regarding autonomy and their personal motivations involving retribution and justice. The audience sees numerous circumstances in which it is possible to see what each character thinks regarding wealth, culture, art, and the rest of society, in general. No secondary sources.
Filename: BWbatman.wps

Benigni's 'Life is Beautiful'
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A five page review of Roberto Benigni's 1998 film about the Holocaust. The review analyzes the wide variation in critical response to the film, and concludes that it affirms a message popular audiences need to hear: that life has meaning, and love prevails. Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: KBbeauti.wps

Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal” as Play, Screenplay, Film
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A five page paper looking at the way the concept for Ingmar Bergman’s classic film grew from a series of monologues originally envisioned as a training vehicle for a children’s acting class to one of the most haunting philosophical films ever made. The paper focuses on the way Bergman used the personification of Death -- not present in the original play -- to illuminate the meaning of human life on earth. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: KBseal.wps

Best Foreign Film of 1950 -- Roshomon
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This 5 page report discusses Akira Kurosawa's movie "Roshomon" and gives a summary of the movie and the reasons it has remained a compelling film even after nearly fifty years.
Filename: BWrosho

Best Foreign Film of 1980 -- “Moskva Slezam ne Verit ”
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This 14 page report discusses “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears” the winner of the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Film in 1980. The movie presents the sort of tale that has been told for centuries. A small town girl goes to the big city, gets pregnant, is all alone in the world, has her baby and struggles on, only to fall in love with yet another man who treats her like garbage. Her’s is the major story despite the fact that two other young women also have their stories told in the movie. The movie is also compared to a similar but much less impressive American movie -- “Where the Heart Is.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWmoscow.rtf

Birth of a Nation & The Battleship Potemkin
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A 4 page research paper that examines American director D. W. Griffith's 1915 film Birth of a Nation and Russian director Sergei Eisenstein's 1924 film The Battleship Potemkin, which depict crucial periods during their respective nations' histories. The writer argues that these films rationalize the social and political status quo in each of the director's countries at the time the films were produced. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khboanbp.rtf

Black Aesthetic Theory and the Film “Chameleon Street”
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This is a 5 page paper discussing the discourse used in terms of black aesthetic theory in the film “Chameleon Street” directed by Wendell B. Harris Jr. Unlike the other films released during the early 1990s by other African-American directors who demonstrated the black urban “other” aspects of black critical theory, Harris’ portrayal of con man Douglas Street whose adaptable persona came to be recognized as the inner African-American psyche in today’s society. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TJChame1.rtf

Blacks in Cinema/Jazz Singer & Gone With the Wind
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A 5 page research paper that looks at The Jazz Singer and Gone With the Wind as pivotal films in cinematic history for black actors. The writer discusses also how these films relate to nineteenth century minstrel troupes and the mythos that was used as rationalization for black subjugation. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: khjsgwtw.rtf