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Match Point Analysis

Classroom Critics Film Studies Podcast by William Ivers

Nov 5, 201947:28TV & Film

Most of Woody Allen's films––both the funny and the serious––are bleak musings of the human experience. Match Point, his 2005 neo-noir drama, is particularly somber, offering little in the way of hope and meaning. So, th...

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