Westwood Film Festival

There have been some incredible dramatic films throughout over 100 years of film. Which are the best ones? Now you’ll know. Here are the top 10 drama films of all time.

1. The Godfather (1972). One of the best films of all time follows the dramatic story of the Corleones.
2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994). You’d never expect such an inspirational drama from a prison movie.
3. The Godfather Part II (1974). The sequel is almost as good as the original.
4. Goodfellas (1990). This is another excellent crime drama full of rich character development.
5. Fight Club (1999). [...]

There have been many classic films produced since the silent era. These classics include Hollywood, independent and foreign fare. While most find these films incredibly memorable, they might not be able to put their proverbial finger on what makes a classic film so well regarded.

For one, a classic film is memorable because it is original and trend setting. Films that are derivative generally are not well remembered or regarded.

The acting, directing and writing of such films is usually at high, [...]

One of the most famous books of all time reads, “When I was a child, i thought like a child,” to paraphrase. This is from the Bible, and yet, J.K. Rowling, author of the eight-novel series explains in each unique, enterprising tome the value of thinking, speaking, and therefore acting with all the freedoms and fantasies that are held as true and right in a child’s world.

Harry Potter, the misunderstood and ambitious young man living in a world of caustic adults enters their world, but with his discovery-minded brain. His world is much [...]

The Help is a novel that was made into a movie. It is set in the 1960s in the Deep South where racial prejudices were still abounding. It is about a group of black maids that decide to speak out about what it was really like to work for white people.

There are some differences between the novel and the movie. The novel goes into deeper details than the movie does, giving you more insight into the thoughts and motivations of each character.

The movie also made light of some of the extreme circumstances that Aibileen faced in her career [...]

When most people watch the Wizard of Oz, politics is the furthest thing from their minds. It is interesting to think about how this film could represent any political rhetoric. However, some individuals suspect the film coincides with populists views.

Before the film can be addressed in this political manner, one must be familiar with populism. It is a political theory in which supporters ally themselves with the common people against the elites. This philosophy is somewhat represented in the film.

Dorothy, being a new comer to Oz, meets a plethora of characters. Each in some way, is [...]

Star Wars was one of the most iconic science-fiction movies in history. It changed the landscape of not only science-fiction, but how visualization and other worlds could be viewed through the movies of Hollywood.

The science-fiction story was expanded with special effects that impacted pop culture of that time and even today. Was this good? This type of movie had never been seen before. A movie with special effects so over-the-top, produced lines for weeks of eager moviegoers wanting to see this special movie. Did [...]

In popular cinema, New York City has been portrayed in many different lights. Legendary filmmakers such as Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese have offered various takes on the Big Apple.

At one point in his career, Allen based nearly every new film he created in New York City. In his classic “Manhattan,” Allen uses New York as a backdrop for tales of love and loss, allowing the city itself to serve as a conduit for change in people’s lives. Allen has stated that “Manhattan” has always been one [...]