Ryan VanDalinda

Ryan VanDalinda holds an Associates Degree in Film Production from The Maine Media College and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Keene State College. When not working as a freelance filmmaker he practices screenwriting and re-watches Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch, over and over again on loop. His goal in life is to utilize his creative and artistic background in engaging environments, to use what is dominant in our culture to change it for the better.

Articles by Ryan

A Violent Fairy Tale

October 3, 2011

Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest film Drive, is a violent fairy tale, set on the surreally tinted night time streets of LA, that follows a stunt driving James Dean look-a-like (Ryan Gosling ) as he attempts to rescue a tragically single-mom/waitress (Carey Mulligan) from a series of mobster clichés and recognizable TV actors. After which ensues a series of operatically shot splatter fest confrontations between the lone driver and his video game quality enemies.

Ron Perlman vs. Joan of Arc: Overanalyzing Season of the Witch

January 23, 2011

Should a film starring Ron Perlman not be taken seriously on the ground that it stars Ron Perlman?

Awkward Truth and Oren Moverman’s The Messenger

June 29, 2010

Much has been written about Oren Moverman’s film The Messenger. However, even with its two Oscar nominations (best supporting actor and best original screenplay, 2010) The Messenger seems yet to have really breached the mainstream. I am hoping that the release of the DVD and Blu-Ray editions of the film will expose this poetic and wonderfully shot film to a wider audience. It deserves to be seen.

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