Annie Kapur
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English Lecturer
🎓Literature & Writing (B.A)
🎓Film & Writing (M.A)
🎓Secondary English Education (PgDipEd) (QTS)
📍Birmingham, UK
Stories (1970/0)
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
A Filmmaker's Review: "Like Minds" (2006)
A highly underrated cult thriller, "Like Minds" (2006) is mostly based on and depends on the understanding of various Christian/Anti-Vatican historical legends and facts in order to make sense of the film. Thankfully, if you're over 12 you've probably heard of them at least and the rest of it is explained in the film. I've probably watched this film some five or six times and the first time was just recently after it came out and it really creeped out the then, eleven year old me. It was a DVD release and was about a year after the release of the film. It's pretty gory and there's a bit to stomach but mostly it's a thriller and a very psychological one at that, so let's investigate what made this film so damn good.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Criminal
A Filmmaker's Review: "Rosemary's Baby" (1968)
As one of the most iconic horror/thriller films of all time, there are obviously high expectations when watching the film. No matter how many times you watch it, you always expect to be thrilled in some way. Whether this is by those dodgy montages littered throughout the film or by the shocking ending that finalises the strangeness that had been prominent throughout the movie. Whatever you are doing at the time and however many times you've seen the film - you still expect that same thrill and yes, you definitely get it.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Review: Autopsy S1, E1 - "The Last Hours of Michael Jackson." (2014)
"The Last Hours of Michael Jackson" is the first episode of the first season of the show 'autopsy' - a show about the causes of death that have befell some of the world's most prominent stars. Normally, the causes are shrouded in mystery as was the case for actor Heath Ledger and the biggest name in music, Elvis Presley. Singers like Whitney Houston, actors and actresses such as Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Marilyn Monroe have all had their own episode. But it all began one day in 2014, when Michael Jackson's autopsy was aired on television almost 5 years after he died. The King of Pop's death began not in 2009 on that fateful day in June, but according to 'autopsy' it began in the 80s - when Michael Jackson suffered serious burns which led to a dependance on pain killers for the rest of his life.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: Autopsy S3 E1 - "The Last Hours of Elvis Presley" (2014)
"The Last Hours of Elvis Presley" is a show that deals with the death and autopsy of the King of Rock and Roll. It is a part of the 'autopsy' TV series which deals with investigations in to the deaths of the world's biggest stars such as: Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson and of course, Elvis Presley. The mysterious natures of the deaths happen to be not only the part and parcel to the documentary, but also how they lived their life is just as important.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: Autopsy: S5 E3 - "The Last Hours of Heath Ledger" (2015)
"The Last Hours of Heath Ledger" is the 3rd episode of the 5th season of "Autopsy" - a show that investigates the deaths of stars who died in somewhat unexplained, mysterious or confusing circumstances that seemed either completely out of character, or simply didn't add up. This one seems to be more about how Heath Ledger led his life and led up to his death than just dealing with his death when he actually died. When this was initially on television I think I missed the first half of it, because I live in England it was usually on Channel 5, including that one they did about Michael Jackson. But this one was on - and I think I missed about 25-30 minutes of it. So, as I now have Amazon Prime, I can watch all of them at my own disposal and when I have the money to pay for them.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks