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Issue 19: Reflections on 2014

December 2014

Anything That Can Happen, Will Happen

Andrew Root·
Issue 19: Reflections on 2014
What makes us flock to Christopher Nolan's films with our phones out, Twitter's engine warm and idling, ready to send our judgement out into the void? What have we done to so miss the point of going to the movies? Read More

Through the Machineries

Greg Cwik·
Issue 19: Reflections on 2014
“The reality is in this head. Mine. I’m the projector at the planetarium, all the closed little universe visible in... Read More
Snowpiercer | art by Sophia Foster-Dimino

Hell is Other People

Bob Schofield·
Issue 19: Reflections on 2014
What makes Snowpiercer special is that in its intense linearity—both Bong Joon-ho's fast-paced direction and the literal one-way train the film is set on—the mechanisms of revolution, circular violence, and moral corruption can be seen in their essence. Read More

If It Was Easy, Everyone Would Do It

Erika Schmidt·
Issue 19: Reflections on 2014
illustration by Brianna AshbyWhiplash opens on a black screen with a slightly-too-loud-for-comfort drum roll, starting so slowly we can barely recognize... Read More
Ghent | photo by Fran Hoepfner

The Thing About Ghent

Fran Hoepfner·
FestivalsIssue 19: Reflections on 2014
In September, several things happened in quick succession: I got a new job. I got new glasses. I got into a workshop. I called my mom at seven in the morning and said, “I think I have to go to Belgium in a few weeks,” and she said, “Yeah, that makes sense.” Read More

This Is Where I Have Been Living

Kelsey Ford·
Issue 19: Reflections on 2014
The beginning of 2014 could not have been metaphorically kinder to me. The morning of January first, I made a... Read More

Call of Duty

Matt Patches·
Issue 19: Reflections on 2014
illustration by Brianna AshbyWhen our family cat died, my parents sent me a text. A mass e-mail was the logical... Read More

Seen and Unseen

Mary Joe Hughes·
Issue 19: Reflections on 2014
illustration by Nicoletta GomboliI. THE KING OF THE HIGH LIFE “People, animals, cities, things, all are imagined. It’s a novel,... Read More

Gifts

Karina Wolf·
Issue 19: Reflections on 2014
Silence and sentiment. Emotion and fear. The haggard, inconstant flashes of beauty. —The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino, 2013) When Christopher Nolan... Read More

I Heart the 80s

Elisabeth Geier·
Issue 19: Reflections on 2014
illustration by Brianna AshbyMovies in 2014 were a disappointment to me. Guardians of the Galaxy, Gone Girl,and Maleficent all showed up in... Read More

BW/DR Staff Picks: The Best Films of 2014

Bright Wall/Dark Room·
Issue 19: Reflections on 2014
Chad Perman, Editor-in-Chief 1. Boyhood I find myself mostly recommending this film to anybody who has ever been a child, a... Read More

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