Features
Cinephile goodness in the form of insightful editorials and entertaining, analytical features from the CinemaNerdz writers.
Cinema Revisited: Certified Copy and the Subjectivity of Art
Certified Copy is a very unique movie, it is confusing, but in a good way, and it’s a hard film to talk about since almost any information given could be considered a spoiler. Let me start off with what I can tell you without giving too much away. The film was written and directed by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, and stars Juliette Binoche and William Shimmel; it takes place in Florence Ital...[Read More]
Ten Reasons The Dark Knight Rises Will Be Better Than The Hobbit
By now, we’ve all seen the first official trailers for two of next year’s most anticipated movies, right? In one corner, you have Christopher Nolan putting the finishing touches on his interpretation of the world of Batman with The Dark Knight Rises, and in the other corner you have Peter Jackson returning to the world he knows and loves as he brings Bilbo’s journey to the silver screen with The H...[Read More]
The Many Faces of Ebenezer Scrooge: A History of A Christmas Carol on Film
Charles Dickens enjoyed great popularity in his lifetime, and that popularity hasn’t waned to this day. Despite an incredibly prolific assortment of characters and stories, which have been adapted to stage and screen over the years, perhaps the most iconic of them all (and certainly one of the most quotable) has proven to be Ebenezer Scrooge and A Christmas Carol. Though Dickens wrote other storie...[Read More]