Film Archive
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Movie Review: Agora
Posted on June 8, 2013 | No CommentsThis film is a pleasant departure from most Ancient period movies that rely on an abundance of sex, muscles, swords and tacky bravado. -
Movie Review: Centurion
Posted on May 30, 2013 | No CommentsIt's 117. A.D. and the Roman Frontier is plagued by Picts. After a 20 year stalemate, the Roman legions have been given the order to break it by any means possible. -
Ben-Hur: The Book That Shook the World
Posted on February 19, 2013 | No CommentsThe novel intertwines the life of Jesus with that of a fictional protagonist, the young Jewish prince named Judah Ben-Hur, who suffers betrayal, injustice, and brutality, and longs for a Jewish king to vanquish Rome. -
Film project ‘The Lost Legion’ to show clash between Roman and Han empires
Posted on February 18, 2013 | No CommentsWarner Brothers has announced they will be making a new epic film that will depict a battle between ancient Rome and China. -
A Literary Criticism of the Classical Themes and Allusions Found in The Hunger Games
Posted on December 29, 2012 | No CommentsThe Hunger Games is a richly interwoven tapestry of numerous intriguing parallels to historical events and literary staples. Although set in a futuristic society, the chief inspirations for its narrative structure and themes are drawn from the ancient Mediterranean world. Classical themes and allusions permeate the first novel, and the connections to the classical are mythological, historical, linguistic, and stylistic in nature. -
Intrigue, Blood, and Naked Breasts: Strategies of the Epic Series on Premium Cable
Posted on November 27, 2012 | No CommentsThe epic, in particular the sword- -
Frank Miller
Posted on August 16, 2012 | No CommentsHas 300 so successfully appealed to audiences globally because of, or despite, its extremely violent, racist, homophobic, and sexist subtext?...This paper approaches 300 as a media product produced and consumed in spatially specific ways. I present a geographical reading of 300 -
Homeric war on film
Posted on June 9, 2012 | No CommentsWhen producing a film concerning the Iliadic War the filmmaker must consider the balance between historical authenticity and dramatic effectiveness. Difficulties increase since there is little sense of historicity, the archaeological support has little to offer and each filmmaker is obliged to use his own creativity in order to reconstruct battles and duels. -
This is Sparta?
Posted on June 6, 2012 | No CommentsNeither film, however, gives any real screen time, or indeed mention of, the social structure of ancient Sparta. -
Cinema and the Fall of Rome
Posted on June 3, 2012 | No CommentsAncient Rome even more than Greece has assumed a regular place in popular culture.
