Film Genres and Hollywood: Recent Episodes
Ministry of Cinema
Film Genres and Hollywood is a seven part web series exploring some of the film industry's most exciting genres.
In this episode we voyage space and stars as we trek Hollywood and the science fiction film genre.
In this episode, we recap the main points from previous episodes. Also, we ask, what is the current state of genre filmmaking? And what is its future?
In this episode, we dig into the the quips and gags of a long line of pranksters in Hollywood's most mischievous genre, the comedy. From Charlie Chaplin's Tramp to Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat, it is the role of comedies to push cultural boundaries.
War--what is it good for? How about some pretty interesting films! In this episode, we venture into Hollywood’s treatment of the War film genre.
In this episode, we plunge into the underworld and dark alleyways of the crime film genre. The Don, Tony Montana, Al Capone, Martin Scorsese -- they're all here!
In this episode, we ride along with cowboys and outlaws in the Wild West as we explore the Western, one of Hollywood's oldest and most seminal genres. We look into all the genre has to offer, from the good, the bad, and to the ugly.
Do you like comedies for the laughs? Or are you more drawn to the allure of space and travel in science fiction? Perhaps you appreciate gangster films or gritty war pictures? If so, this series is for you.