By Noah Mintie, Current Staff
A long-time staple of moviemaking, sound can be sometimes overlooked when transferred to the medium of animation.
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MFF Review: ‘Green Border’ Proves Struggle and Hope Can Be Tastefully Conveyed Together
By Noah Mintie, Current Staff
While usually intended to “spread the word,” depictions of people’s suffering in a certain real-world scenario can sometimes be damaging.
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MFF Review: ‘Stop Making Sense’ Is a Unique Concert Movie
By Noah Mintie, Current Staff
Is it odd that the most polite, considerate and appropriately lively crowd I’ve ever shared a theater with also happens to be the crowd that danced throughout the duration of a film?
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MFF Review: ‘Prison in the Andes’ Manipulates Light Like Water
By Noah Mintie, Current Staff
Special effects, production design, dialogue and even sound may be cornerstones of the film industry, but they were all additions to cinema at some point.
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MFF Review: ‘Late Night with the Devil’ Brings Modern Analog Horror to the Big Screen
By Noah Mintie, Current Staff
Before I saw this movie, I had a virtual debate with some friends about whether this movie was the first instance of analog horror in a studio-produced feature film. They cited found-footage classics such as “The Blair Witch Project” as previous examples of the genre, claiming that analog horror has been around for ages. While both sides of this debate have merit, I do believe that “Late Night with the Devil,” directed by Cameron and Colin Cairnes, is the first instance of modern analog horror gracing the big screen. I have yet to see a film like it so closely resemble the modern horror masterworks being fashioned on platforms like YouTube.
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MFF Review: ‘Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World’ Masterfully Critiques Capitalism
By Noah Mintie, Current Staff
An instant favorite of mine, “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World” is not about the apocalypse, but it is certainly about the “end of the world.”
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