Paul Gilbert
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Paul Gilbert is a 23 year old recent graduate student of the University of Rhode Island from which he received a BA double major in history and film studies. Originally from Philadelphia. Paul now lives in Washington D.C. He first found his passion for film in VHS stores when he was younger and has been studying, examining, and analyzing film and the history of film ever since. Paul has a second interest in the world of comics, video games and books. He is an avid connoisseur and frequent attendee at Comic Con and Wizard World events at sites around the country. His interest in those particular genres stem from the ways in which popular culture utilizes a variety of medium to convey stories, ideas, and messages.

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When You Lose, You Win: The Hemingway Code in Sam Peckinpah’s Westerns

“Bloody” Sam Peckinpah was to film what Hemingway was to the novel. Peckinpah used the editing room to change the literature of cinema. He slowed down time so a moment took an eternity. The spatter of blood from a wounded…

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History According to Hollywood: The Civil War – Part 2

So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.                                                                                -Ralph Waldo Emerson Close your eyes for a second and think of the American West.…

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History According to Hollywood: The Civil War – Part 1

“But as Pontius Pilate said, what is the truth?” – D.W Griffith  In a bout of historical irony, the first Union troops to enter Richmond at end of the Civil War were African-American. The Confederacy Capital, bombarded and shelled, stood…

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Top 10 Batman Comics For New Readers

Gotham the TV series seems to be picking up steam with audiences around the country. Renewed interest in Batman means renewed interest in the comics for a new generation of readers. “Where do I start?” Here are the top 10…