Tag: Movies

The Dark Knight

“”Batman” isn’t a comic book anymore. Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is a haunted film that leaps beyond its origins and becomes an engrossing tragedy. It creates characters we come to care about. That’s because of the performances, because of the direction, because of the writing, and because of the superlative technical quality of the […]

Pulp Fiction

Kick off the fall with A Freak Occurrence at The State and the annual Pulp Fiction pre-party and screening. This isn’t just a movie. It’s a cultural earthquake. Pulp Fiction redefined cool, rewrote the rules of cinema, and became a touchstone for generations of fans. Seen it before? You know every line, every scene, every […]

The Godfather

Francis Ford Coppola’s epic masterpiece features Marlon Brando in his Oscar©-winning role as the patriarch of the Corleone family. Director Coppola paints a chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan’s rise and near fall from power in America, masterfully balancing the story between the Corleone’s family life and the ugly crime business in which they are […]