The writers and film lovers here at Full Circle Cinema know that opinions on films are divisive and can get pretty argumentative. But to encourage friendly and lively debate, we have Full Circle Showdown. This series involves an in-depth discussion […]
Does anyone ever feel comfortable talking about sex? We are so afraid to talk about it openly that we always distance ourselves from the subject. Only behind closed doors and underneath bedsheets does sex ever come closest to its intended […]
The politicization of science poses great dangers for humanity. I bear witness. I see all the ways in which 2020, an electoral year for the United States, distorts our reality of a life lived under a pandemic. And with pressures […]
I am not sure how to begin this review for The Last Picture Show because I see too much of myself in Anarene, Texas. I see my life reflected back to me. My life before and after high school graduation […]
What might it look like to do nothing? It sounds easy in principle, but if you were to do nothing on a beach, what then? The sunbeams drench you in the salt of many faraway waters. Couples and families come […]
I owe my music passion to the black artists that soundtrack Roll Bounce. Prior to my experience with this movie, I had zero interest in music. At most, I got excited for Maroon 5 or Coldplay on the radio. But […]
Before I could get my hands on that black-and-purple colored VHS tape titled THE EXORCIST, I had to settle for horror with training wheels. However, my gateway into the genre was not any less credible with animation and a groovy […]
It is Black Country out there…Â Here, things fall apart in the name of industry. Rocks crumble into dust with the plinks of pickaxes. Soot drifts along the sky like evidence of the paranormal. Always particles, an innumerable shower of […]
Picture this: the Bond girl from The World Is Not Enough falls in love with Paul Walker. Walker dies and has his brain implanted by a mad scientist into a mechanical T-Rex. Rampage ensues throughout the city. After a few […]
The Black Country is a region of the West Midlands, England renowned for its soot. Air pollution. Sometimes, a wisp of smoke is so thick that it clouds the blue air of daylight with nightfall. The clang of industrialized metal […]
