About Celeste Ramos
Celeste Ramos is a Raindance member and writer of fiction, short film and poetry from New York City. Based in London, she studies symbology and art between watching movies.
Your Characters: The Soul
The Soul is right up there with death, light, and darkness as one of art’s most profound symbols. Uncle Boonmee, Who Can Recall His Past Lives and The Lighthouse are two films with unique approaches to existence by using the Soul as an indirect symbol. The motifs of...
Your Characters: Symbol as Character
Let’s look at two films that use symbols as characters to explore existentialist themes. It Comes at Night approaches self-preservation and tribalism via the forest and the house, while Sunshine looks at self-preservation devolving into annihilation using the Sun in...
Your Characters: What’s in a Face?
Times of unrest and self-examination call for films that help us deal with these big issues. They Live is a powerful cultural statement disguised as a sci-fi dramedy, which allows the viewer to choose how deeply they engage with the heady themes of identity and social...
