Venus

by Joseph A. Hazani November 15, 2014

  This is a splendid meditation on aging, if not mortality. What makes it sweet versus morbid is in the ability to find comedy in this natural fact of life: we age. And when we age, we look back in hindsight at the years in which we never considered death a reality, or at least something impending. It no doubt changes an individual’s perception of how they live, which is....

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Interstellar

by Joseph A. Hazani November 9, 2014

  It is always wonderful to see a genius like Christopher Nolan make filmmaking so effortless. It is even more splendid to see his genius blossom, while maintaining the humanely impossible ability to tell a complex blockbuster-esque story while revealing the transcendent at the same time. His talent is an envious one for any aspiring filmmaker. He reminds me of the musical group....

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How to be a Man

by Joseph A. Hazani October 27, 2014

  What are the defining features of a man that are important to be educated to the soon-to-be? How to Be a Man attempts to comically answer the question by providing a farcical journey of an over-the-hill comedian. The scenario which prompts the entire movie is borderline weak, nevertheless, the main character is very funny. The outlandish reaction to having breast cancer would be....

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My Written Works

On the Struggling Artist: An Essay

A philosophical....

On the Christian Business Ethic: An Essay

Analysis of the role that Christian morality has played in the development of commerce and....

On the Necessity of Color in the Fine Arts: An essay

A philosophical exploration of color and its use in Renaissance, abstract and modern fine....

Towards an Understanding of Jesus Christ: An Essay

Nietzsche had incredible disdain for Christianity being "Judaized Rome", of the slave morality of Judaism creeping up and....