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Movie Review: Byzantium
Director Neil Jordan returns to vampire cinema with Byzantium, a stylish fantasy thriller that explores the overlooked idea of just how hard it can be for a couple of female vampires to stay alive in a male vampire dominated world. An excellent performance from Saorise Ronan is the highlight of this atmospheric gothic horror drama. The film begins with Eleanor (Saorise Ronan) relating the tale of ...[Read More]
The Muse in Film
[pullquote_left]“The history of cinema is boys photographing girls.” – Jean-Luc Godard[/pullquote_left] Since D.W. Griffith discovered stage actress Lillian Gish and immortalized her in dozens of silent movies, film directors, like other artists before them, have looked for inspiration in the muse. There is no more magical relationship in the world of art than that of the muse and the artist and t...[Read More]