Category Archives: Art

The Art of Getting By, Review

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Fany Savina

The Art of Getting By just came out to the cinemas in Ireland, and I couldn’t wait to watch it. I had fallen in love with the trailer I had seen three months beforehand, and I was dying to see … Continue reading →

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Wiki Abridged: Sacajawea Dollar

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Fany Savina

The Sacajawea Dollar is one of the variations of the dollar coins minted to replace the dollar bill. Most other developed countries have coins for such values, and although the American Government has tried many times to replace bill with coin, no attempts have … Continue reading →

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Wiki Abridged: The Magdalen Reading

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Fany Savina

The Magdalen Reading is a part of a large oil-on-oak altarpiece of which only three fragments remain. The altarpiece was painted by Netherlandish Rogier van der Weyden sometime between 1435 and 1438. The fragment depicts a woman with classic Noblewoman … Continue reading →

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Making a Clapper

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Fany Savina

To start a career in cinematography, I first need a clapper, so I decided to make one instead of buying a flimsy cheap one or an overly expensive one online. Share on Facebook

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The Usual Suspects Review

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Fany Savina

The Usual Suspects is 1995 film directed by Bryan Singer. The sole survivor of a heist gone terribly wrong tells his story, starting with five criminals, no ties between them, who are brought to a seemingly random line-up for a … Continue reading →

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Billy Wilder

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Fany Savina

Billy Wilder was born the 22nd of June 1906 in Austria-Hungary (now Poland). He started his career as a lawyer, but dropped out of school and became a writer and moved to Berlin. In Berlin, he was proposed a job … Continue reading →

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Thérèse Raquin (The Adulteress) 1953 Review

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Fany Savina

Thérèse Raquin is a movie directed by Marcel Carné, based on a novel of the same name by Émile Zola. Thérèse is married to Camille, a sickly, cowardly man who is still living with his mother. She is sad and … Continue reading →

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La Bête Humaine (1938) Review

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Fany Savina

La Bête Humaine is a movie made in 1938 by Jean Renoir, based on Emile Zola’s novel of the same name, which I have read. Roubaud learns that his beloved wife Séverine had cheated on him with her stepfather, and … Continue reading →

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Little White Lies (Les Petits Mouchoirs) Review

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Fany Savina

Little White Lies is a movie directed by Guillaume Canet. This French film tells the story of a group of friends who are faced with the dilemma of whether they should still go on their annual holiday when one of … Continue reading →

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Star Wars: May the Fourth be with you

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Fany Savina

The 4th of May is the official un-official Star Wars Day. To you skeptics out there, better watch out what you say, or you might find yourself floating home. Star Wars is iconic, brilliant and deep. It has this particular … Continue reading →

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