Annie Kapur
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English Lecturer
🎓Literature & Writing (B.A)
🎓Film & Writing (M.A)
🎓Secondary English Education (PgDipEd) (QTS)
📍Birmingham, UK
Stories (1963/0)
A Filmmaker's Review: "The Third Man" (1949)
One of my all-time favourite detective noir films, "The Third Man" (1949) is just the film I wanted to re-watch on NYE. I have watched it many times over the years and I have adored it each and every time because the twist still turns out as a surprise and if you're really watching - you can see all the little hints and clues throughout the film. For example, the one about the cat.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review of "Dracula" (1931)
Bela Lugosi as Dracula is one of the most iconic and remembered performances in cinema history. Even if you haven't watched the film itself, you know what it looks like. You know the kind of air Lugosi gives off - which is probably best described as something incredibly unsettling. Let's first take a look at my history with this film...
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Guide to the Best Films of the 1920s
When we think of 1920s cinema, we think of a number of things - the first thing we all think is probably of "Nosferatu" (1922), one of the heights of the German Expressionist experience which is also a massive infringement of copyright. Did you know that the court ordered to have all of the copies of "Nosferatu" (1922) burned? Well, I guess it didn't work out the way they planned.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "100 Years of Horror" S1, E14-26 (Amazon Prime)
This series has been such an incredible thing to watch - I would've never have thought about ten or fifteen years ago that I would've had the chance to find anything like this. Thank you Amazon Prime for bringing me closer to many documentaries, series etc. that I wouldn't have found otherwise. This is such an incredible series and even though I have a master's degree in this stuff - there's still so much I learnt about the rich history and culture surrounding this incredible and ever-expansive genre. Christopher Lee's narration is near-perfect, giving the series that extra little chill.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Horror
10 Greatest Films About Maniacs
Maniacs are a subtle subject covered in many documentaries about cinema history. From Hannibal Lecter to Norman Bates and back again, maniacs are pretty much one of the reasons thriller films exist at all. Maniacs are normally defined as people who fall into the sociopathic or psychotic categories with horrendous anger, scheming plans, deadly personalities and intense amounts of skill.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "100 Years of Horror" S1, E1-13 (Amazon Prime)
I absolutely love this show because it goes through the very best of old and obscure horror movies, concepts, actors and how horror films were introduced, loved and feared by all. There are some that I haven't heard of and some that I have watched mentioned, but most importantly - there is a lot to learn for someone who has spent a vast majority of their lives studying the art of horror movies both old and new. When I was studying horror, I loved to concentrate on two things: 1) how do films play on common themes of phobia between human beings and 2) how does the audience get satisfaction out of something so incredibly tragic as death, destruction and possession? Those were two questions that, in my time I wanted to answer. But, in this series it seems to answer both of those questions by reminding us of horror films gone by. Some of which the critics panned and some which they adored.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Review: Museum Secrets S1, E3 - "The Louvre"
When it comes to documentaries on The Louvre, I like to watch the same one over and over again. It's called BBC's "Treasures of the Louvre". But, to change it up, I found this interesting documentary series that basically goes through many different museums and looks at their worst kept secrets and their best kept histories. There's normally five parts to each of these little episodes in which they go through different items in the museum and the strange and weird stories behind them. This sounds pretty good seeing as an episode lasts on average of 45 minutes.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "The Autopsy of Jane Doe" (2017)
There's a lot to be said about this film, but as you can see I gave it a two out of five. The reason mainly being is that the film is clearly a thriller of some kind, but not a horror movie. It doesn't scare - it doesn't creep you out and most of all, it hardly makes the audience uncomfortable. It is simply an autopsy with sinister secrets. Not horror, but a good thriller if you're looking. The mislabeling of the film has cost it a few marks.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "Sinister 2" (2015)
Now, let's start off with the fact that I really quite enjoyed the first "Sinister" movie and after that, I got quite excited for the second. I was in my second year of university when it hit the screens and so, I was all ready and prepared to watch it. The first time I saw the second movie, I didn't think too much of it and probably would've given it 1/5 if that. Afterwards, I started looking around in the film - scenes and themes, connections and symbols and realised that it is quite a clever film. Even though the concept is overused, the film itself is clever in its portrayal of the story.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to the 10 Greatest Films of All Time
There are a few lists that claim to have the greatest films of all time present on them. But on this list I really just want to go through what I think are the greatest films. Now, I will be looking at a list of criteria for what makes the film 'the greatest film' of all time and some of you may find it shocking, some of you may not like my list and some of you may think it's either in the wrong order or that some films just shouldn't be there altogether. If you think this then please don't go and write a blog about it - I think it's very important to have various other views out there. Don't you get tired of reading the list of the same ten films over and over again, it's like one website just copied and pasted it on to their own page. Now, what I think are the best films of all time have to tick all the following boxes:
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
- Top Story - December 2019
A Filmmaker's Guide to the Greatest Films by David FincherTop Story - December 2019
David Fincher was born in Denver Colorado in 1957, making him 62 years' old at the time of this article being written. In his career, which began in 1980, he has amassed some great films and filmmaking styles that he is fairly well-known for. For example: he is very well-known for his main characters receiving increasing amounts of pressure throughout the film and become either fixated or obsessive on one idea. Son of a "Life" Magazine writer, David Fincher was no stranger to the world of celebrity obsession and so, I believe he satirically put obsession into his films in order to show us all what exactly it is we're missing.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks