The following is an edited transcript of the video essay above. You can subscribe to Jon in Theory by clicking here. When you think about a big-budget, blockbuster Hollywood movie, what comes to mind? For me, I immediately picture the…
2015 First Time Fest: Harvey Weinstein Q&A
Johanna Bennett’s and Mandy Ward’s third annual celebration of first time filmmakers concluded on March 9 with a tribute to no one other than Harvey Weinstein. The festival, one that puts forth newly formed filmmakers with the audience they deserve,…
Growing Up on Film: A Top 10
There’s a reason films about growing up have galvanized the cinema’s attention for so long, and there’s a reason we keep returning back to them. Everyone has gone through it: the first steps, the juvenile ecstasies, the aching disappointments, the…
Top Ten: Some of Our Favorite Movie Endings
Movies can be eternal, they can provide a needed two hours of pure escapism, they can be a mere blip in time, or they can be everlasting. For me some of the most poignant moments in films-in the greats-are how…