Pierre Niney in The Count of Monte Cristo Noni Ford discusses the art of adaptation and the motivations of the titular character in the new French blockbuster The Count of Monte Cristo. “Moral wounds have this peculiarity — they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they… Read more »
Poster of Gerd Wiesler played by the late Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others Noni Ford studies the questions of morality, complicity, and humanity that permeate the Oscar-winning German drama The Lives of Others. Why do so many pieces of media that involve an overbearing authoritarian government feature male leads who are working from… Read more »
G7 leaders at the beginning of Rumours Noni Ford digs into Guy Maddin’s latest film, which satirizes the impotence of those with political power. As the G7 summit world leaders come together to write a joint statement informing the world of their stance on an “important” political issue, it seems like they have their work… Read more »
Missagh Zareh, Mahsa Rostami, and Setareh Maleki in The Seed of the Sacred Fig Noni Ford considers the familial tensions at the heart of Mohammad Rasoulof’s thriller. There’s a conversation that appears between a husband and wife where they discuss the moral ethics of the actions that the husband’s job is asking of him. We… Read more »
Henry Selick and Tim Burton on the set of Nightmare Before Christmas Noni Ford discusses the endearing outcasts and sympathetic mindset of Jack Skellington in the animated classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. Tim Burton loves a misfit. It’s easy to trace this affinity through the central figures of many of the films he’s penned or… Read more »
Eli Denson Noni Ford speaks with composer and Jon Vickers Scoring Award winner Eli Denson about his new score for the Gloria Swanson classic Queen Kelly, his advice for aspiring composers, and more. I had an opportunity to talk over Zoom with Eli Denson, the winner of the Jon Vickers Scoring Award who wrote a full… Read more »