Film Studies Quarterly Review

  Unraveling the Porkies!: A Study on "Billy Liar" *Super Spoilers* ________ "Today is the day for big decisions."  - Willian "Billy" Fisher                                                                    ________    Table of Contents: 1. Summary 2.     Production History 3.     Dialogue 4. Art Direction 5. Cinematography 6. Editing 7. Conclusion *Reading time approx: 15 minutes *Published April 24, 2021 *Watch the Film *Listen the Essay *Featured on IMDB *Written by Bolivar T. Caceres      *Edited by Mike Gates               "One can say that Billy Fisher is Walter Mitty and that Keith Waterhouse’s 1959 novel, Billy Liar, sprang from James Thurber’s pages. "                The road to success can be daunting. Broken-down support systems and people's blind cheering can make it hard to share failures. Therefore, white lies  turn black, tarnishing a once-promising path and person. In John

Into the Lion's Den: A Study on "The Lion in Winter"     *Super Spoiler* ________ “I snapped and plotted all my life. There’s no way to be a king, alive, and fifty all at once.” - King Henry II ________   Table of Contents: 1. Summary 2. Historical Facts 3. Production History 4. Cast 5. Acting 6. Art Direction 7.  Cinematography 8.       Editing 9. Sound 10. Conclusion *Reading time approx: 15 minutes 30 Seconds *Published December 18, 2020 *Watch the  Film *Listen to  Soundtrack *Listen to Essay *Featured on IMDB *Written by Bolivar T. Caceres                    *Edited by Ricardo Esposito       " It's easy for the audience to overlook the finer details in The Lion in Winter behind continuous slights, rebuffs, plots, and schemes."      "The Lion in Winter" blends thoughtful acting, systematic filmmaking, and artful wit to differentiate itself from the multitude of films that explores the hackneyed family sq

  All Of New York City Is A Stage - A Study on "Next Stop, Greenwich Village" *Super Spoilers* ________ "I'll tell you something, Robert. Underneath that pose is just more pose. Adios." - Larry Lapinsky ________ Written by Bolivar T. Caceres Reading time approx: 20 minutes      Watch Film (free) Published January 15, 2022                Listen to Essay (free) Featured on IMDB                           Listen to Soundtrack (free) Top 5 Film Like “Next Stop, Greenwich Village”     "In Greenwich Village, Larry has his place, but there is no food, no furnishings, no photos, no personality or family. " "Who are you?" "I'm Bernstein."  New York City – chiefly Greenwich Village – is the stage. Some of the players are Larry Lapinsky ( Lenny Baker ), Faye and Ben Lapinksky ( Shelley Winters ,) Sara Roth ( Ellen Greene ,) Anita Cunningham ( Lois Smith ,) Robert Fulmer ( Christopher Walken ,) Berstein Chandler