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So far Michael Powell has created 58 blog entries.

Blue Jean

The story of the LGBTQ community across the world is a story of struggle. Struggle for acceptance, struggle for rights, and in many cases, struggle for survival. While the United [...]

Brooklyn 45

The World War II era has been fertile ground for filmmakers for decades. It lends itself to a very wide spectrum of genre and tone, which is likely why it [...]

Moon Garden

Centering a film on a child’s performance can be a great risk for a filmmaker. On one hand, as all of us were once children, and many are parents, there [...]

BlackBerry

In the ever-present biopic genre, the rise of technology companies has meant the rise of film and television stories about the people behind these companies. Pirates of Silicon Valley, Jobs, [...]

Renfield

Bela Lugosi and Dwight Frye. Carlos Villarias and Pablo Alvarez Rubio. Frank Langella and Tony Haygarth. Klaus Kinski and Roland Topor. George Hamilton and Arte Johnson. Gary Oldman and Tom [...]

The Lost King

King Richard III has long been a figure of historical and literary fascination. While some contemporary accounts describe him as a good ruler, particularly to common folk, his legacy has [...]

Full River Red

Zhang Yimou, a filmmaker of China’s Fifth Generation, loomed large in American art house theaters in the early 1990s. This came following the nomination of his third film, Ju Dou, [...]

Lamya’s Poem

The power of the written word and the stories of our cultures are monumental building blocks to people everywhere. This is true across all races, creeds, and religions. Our stories [...]

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