Monthly Archives: March 2012

Hey, everyone! Today’s focus shall be on film noir. How interesting! By viewing the first five minutes of Christ in Concrete (1949), I thought this was some sort of horror film. I mean with all the tense and creepy music … Continue reading →

Happy March 7th Everybody! I was actually really excited for film noir week because we’ve talked so much about it in class, and I wanted to see what it really looks like, how all the elements tied together! At first … Continue reading →

First off I would like to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this movie! Out of all the movies we have watched, this has been my definite favorite. Although I found the plot to be often predictable, it was very captivating … Continue reading →

The Landlord is a very interesting, strange, and captivating movie that addresses multiple issues simultaneously. It addresses racial issues, interracial relationships, the lifestyles of poverty, and the concept of gentrification. Gentrification can be interpreted as being “the movement of middle … Continue reading →

According to the Encyclopedia Brittanica, gentrification is a process of renewing and rebuilding deteriorating areas that is accompanied by the influx of middle class people and the displacement of poorer residents. Considering this definition, one can see that The Landlord … Continue reading →

At first, when I read the prompt for this post, I did not think the the film was a narrative about gentrification but upon reading Gentrification of Harlem, my views on the movie TOTALLY changed. In this article, the fact … Continue reading →

In my opinion The Landlord shows general neighborhood change because it is essentially about a stranger moving into an already established community.  Even though the racial tensions don’t make the adjustment any easier, I would say that a period of … Continue reading →