Litigating Virtue: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Aaron Sorkin doesn’t write the world as it is; he writes it as he wishes it to be Many film scholars have concluded t...
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Being a Man of Action: Tenet
We find ourselves in an interesting dilemma here at RV discussing this film This film is about as apolitical as one can...
Denial During a Crisis: The Big Short
As proclaimed by the King James edition of the Bible: “pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a f...
The Psyche of Entitlement: Roman J Israel, Esq
We all lament over the death of studio films that challenge, provoke, and require a humble mind in order to appreciate ...
Expectation, Forgiveness, and Rebirth in Born on the Fourth of July
It probably is no surprise that we are choosing to discuss Oliver Stone’s 1989 master work Born on the Fourth of July...
Hypocrisy Exists Within Your Minority Report
There have been plenty of think-pieces written on the 2002 soon-to-be-classic Minority Report, directed by Steven Spiel...
Show Them That You Care: The Insider
What makes a person disrupt their own comfort What compels a person to advocate for someone else What forces us to do t...
Dissent in Enemy of the State
When the espionage thriller is discussed amongst cinephiles, the first two names people mention as masters of the genre...
The Meaningless Athleticism of 1917
The war film is about as old a genre as cinema is an art form It was a subject where there was always plentyof re...
A Summation of Balance: The Report
The call of duty can only be heard by the most remarkable of individuals Many claim to have heard it’s wail, but few ...