Tag: #ScreenReview

• Netflix’s ‘Rebecca’ Resurrects the Gothic Romance for a New Generation

  

  “Last night, I dreamt  I went to Manderley again…” As someone once said: you can’t go home again—but with a new adaptation of Rebecca, now streaming on Netflix, it seems that once again finds itself within our cinematic purview in the form of Manderley.  And if the walls of this modern take on the grand…

  Jessica Taghap

  October 26, 2020

  Review

  #ScreenReview, Armie Hammer, Ben Wheatley, Dame Kristin Scott Thomas, Daphne du Maurier, drama, Film, Lily James, Netflix, Page to Screen, Rebecca, Review

• For Art’s Sake: ‘Black Swan’ and ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ Explore the Line Between Art and Self-Destruction

  

  How must one transform oneself in order to be fulfilled as an artist, especially if one is a woman?  And what sacrifices must be made in order for that to happen?  Welcome to the first installment of FILM STRIPS, where I share with you some of my favorites and hopefully have some fun deconstructing them…

  Jessica Taghap

  August 10, 2014

  Filmstrips, Review

  #Screen, #ScreenReview, Black Swan, Center Stage, Darren Aronofsky, Film Strips, Filmstrips, Hans Christian Andersen, Memoirs of a Geisha, Natalie Portman, Nicholas Hytner, Rob Marshall, The Red Shoes, Zhang Ziyi