Annie Kapur
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20 Books of 2020 (Pt. 4)
Here are the links to the other parts: Part 1 (Numbers 1-20) - https://shopping-feedback.today/geeks/my-first-20-books-of-2020 Part 2 (Numbers 21-40) - https://shopping-feedback.today/geeks/20-books-of-2020-part-2%3C/p%3E%3C/a%3E%3Cstyle data-emotion-css="16e5cai">.css-16e5cai{-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-flex-wrap:wrap;-ms-flex-wrap:wrap;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:1rem;-webkit-box-pack:justify;-webkit-justify-content:space-between;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between;}
Eden is Burning: The Prophetic Nightmare in Bob Dylan's "Street-Legal" (1978)
Bob Dylan's "Street-Legal" (1978) is a massively underrated album and in some cases, it got very negative reviews. Rolling Stone Magazine for example, gave an unfavourable review to the album with the magazine's album guide giving it a two out of five rating. Overall, the reviews weren't favourable and neither were they very right. With only smaller magazines like "Melody Maker" giving it a good review, this was possibly one of the biggest outrages I have found in my Dylan exploration. I feel personally, as if this album hasn't been heard amongst the noise made by the following Gospel Era and the previous folk-hero-gets-a-divorce albums like "Desire" and the all-favourite "Blood on the Tracks". This album seems to fall in between two colossal moments for Dylan and so, gets lost amongst them and forgotten from time to time.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Beat
A Filmmaker's Guide to the Best Performances: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Biography Born in Fairport, New York and the son of professional workers, Philip Seymour Hoffman is probably one of the greatest actors of the late 20th and early 21st century. Severely underrated, a lot of his work includes very metaphysical roles and complex characters with a history of mental illness and/or disability and/or have serious challenges to their lifestyle making the undertaking of the task at hand increasingly difficult. When it comes down to it, Philip Seymour Hoffman's privateness about his lifestyle helped him to build a fascinating career filled with a credible resume and unfortunately, a crippling drug addiction that remained secret for a very, very long time.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide: "City Lights" (1931)
"City Lights" (1931) is possibly one of Charlie Chaplin's most famous cinema features and yet, so little people in the 21st century have actually seen it. What we're going to do today, to celebrate the release day of this spectacular film, is go through the following:
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to the Best Performances: Christian Bale
Christian Bale is quite possibly one of the best and most versatile actors of his era. Going from the English pretty boy to becoming the American Psycho, Batman and even portraying Dick Cheney - Bale has gone from strength to strength which was probably the reason he won a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role in "The Fighter" (2010).
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to the Best Films: The Holocaust
I'm sure that many of you can think of many films to do with the historical terror that is the Holocaust. An absolute atrocity of modern historical events, it led to a cultural and legal reform all over the planet and, for the first time in the 20th century, we were all forced to question why nobody saw this earlier. Too many people died, too many people were hurt and so many children were led to their deaths by one madman.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "Casting Jonbenet" (2017) [Netflix]
"Casting Jonbenet" (2017) is one of the more uncomfortable documentaries on Netflix but it reinforces one, key idea that many documentaries on child murders and mainly murders in general do: men are our enemies. They seek to hurt us, kill us, cause brutal harm and should not be trusted in any way, shape or form with children or vulnerable people especially.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "The Great Hack" (2019) [Netflix]
I'm not going to lie but this is one of the better documentaries on social media I've seen, though it isn't perfect. It is enjoyable to watch. When it comes to how revolutionary this documentary really is, I think it doesn't do much good in being 'revolutionary' - choosing mostly to play it safe and speak kindly to the safest people whilst using no real method of force to get the whole story. The one thing I did like however, is that the editing does not cut out these attempts on the people involved, it showcases clearly that the other side has basically refused to co-operate.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Birthday: My Top Ten Favourite Films of All Time
Please join me, all of you, in celebrating my birthday. It's normally a day in the calendar that I absolutely loathe but I have found one good thing to come out of it. It is this: now that I have a platform on which to write many articles about the very thing I earned my MA degree in (Film), I get to share many things with many people who may be looking to go into film and yet, do not know the stupid technical language that comes along with it. I think it should be a subject for everyone, the more people making different films then the better. The thing I found good about my birthday is that I can share with you my favourite films and include you in the celebrations.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
