Lake Norman Charter Film Club
All reviews composited from club members' opinions!
LNC Film Appreciation Club - April (Metamodernism)
I try to refrain from using the first person pronoun on this account, but to tell you the truth, I didn't anticipate how difficult it would be to sit down and write a final review for the year. It mirrors the certain weight that came with screening our final film, the feeling of watching the last few weeks fly by of such an incredible and diverse collective of students gathering to celebrate one…
LNC Film Appreciation Club - February / March (Metamodernism)
Normally, we wouldn’t screen a sequel film having not screened the film that preceded it, but Denis Villeneuve’s cyberpunk touchstone Blade Runner 2049 is something that we couldn’t ignore. Expanding upon the world of Ridley Scott’s formative classic, this film takes just as much care as any introductory film would in enveloping in its world. From stellar performances from cast members major to minor to bursts of color within a brutalist…
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LNC Film Appreciation Club - September (Modernism)
For our inaugural film this year and our first Letterboxd review, we were incredibly excited to watch the noteworthy classic that is Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. We went into the film with the understanding that it is an incredibly important work, especially in the realm of horror - its inspiration across the genre is evident to this day and it’s clear that Hitchcock’s use of music and lighting to build suspense would go to…
LNC Film Appreciation Club - October (Postmodernism)
For our second film of the year, we decided to jump headfirst into postmodernist filmmaking with Stanley Kubrick’s critically acclaimed 2001: A Space Odyssey. Despite what we had all heard about Kubrick’s mastery of his craft and revolutionary use of digital and practical effects, we were disappointed to find his extreme meticulousness nothing short of tedious. The movie, we found, is ultimately way too obsessed with itself, lingering on establishing shots that drive…