![Love Actually (2003)](https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/ballfall2013/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Love. Think of the word and any number of phrases might be tagged along with it. Pain. Desire. Passion. Happiness. Think of the word as…
![#4: The King's Speech (2010)](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3968/2013/09/16005332/the-kings-speech-470x140.jpg)
In The King’s Speech, Albert (Colin Firth) battles a speech impediment made much worse by public attention. In one of many efforts to overcome his…
![Life of Pi (2012)](https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/ballfall2013/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Life of Pi (2012) is an Academy award-winning film directed by Ang Lee and was based on Yann Martel’s fantasy adventure novel which was published…
![The Family](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3968/2013/09/16005618/MV5BMjE2MzI0MzkyNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjQ2MDM2OQ%40%40._V1_SX214_-214x140.jpg)
Some time has passed since I’ve gone to see a film that packs an emotional punch through violent but ironically comedic means. And what film…
![Midnight in Paris](https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/ballfall2013/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
From H.G. Well’s frightening futuristic world to Zemeckis’s ‘Back to the Future’, writers have often imagined the possibilities and consequences of time travel. To varying…
![Gangs of New York (2002)](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3968/2013/09/16005619/1-470x140.jpeg)
Martin Scorsese is well known not only for his cinematography skills, but also for the ingenuous way he portrays New York City in his films….
![#3: Forrest Gump (1994)](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3968/2013/09/16005332/forrest-gump-poster-wallpaper-470x140.jpg)
Ranked as one the most timeless films, Forrest Gump has won 6 Academy Awards for Best Picture in 1994 and was chosen in 2011 for preservation…
![Splendor in the Grass (1961)](https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/ballfall2013/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Splendor in the Grass (1961), directed by Elia Kazan, depicts the story of two teenagers in 1920s Kansas who pursue a romantic relationship that collapses…