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Remembering Something That Never Was: Dementia & the Horror Genre
Remembering Something That Never Was: Dementia & the Horror Genre

Blake I. Collier takes a deep dive into the ways films explore dementia and turn it into a source of horror with varied results.

Flixboss Helps You Figure Out What To Watch Next On Netflix
Flixboss Helps You Figure Out What To Watch Next On Netflix

Flixboss helps you figure out what to watch on Netflix, and makes you able to sort through the catalogue in a more refined way.

Elevating Classic Lyrics To New Meaning in ROCKETMAN
Elevating Classic Lyrics To New Meaning in ROCKETMAN

William Hopson dives deep into how the power of Elton John music elevated his classic music to new heights in 2019’s Rocketman.

A Quiet Joy: Resolution Outside Of Happy Endings
A Quiet Joy: Resolution Outside Of Happy Endings

A deeper look at the final moments of Moonlight and A Portrait of A Lady on Fire lead to a profound philosophy of acceptance applicable to everyday life.

How We Write About Black Lives And Cell Phone Video
How We Write About Black Lives & Cell Phone Video

We’ve seen a direct correlation between the use of cell phones and increased awareness of and civic response to police brutality against Black people.

NORMAL PEOPLE: Creating beauty out of melancholy
NORMAL PEOPLE: Creating Beauty Out Of Melancholy

Hulu’s Normal People doesn’t just transform sorrow into an affecting narrative; it creates beauty out of it.

A Theory of Conspiracies: What Paranoid Cinema Tells Us About Ourselves
A Theory of Conspiracies: What Paranoid Cinema Tells Us About Ourselves

Blake Collier examines how an understanding of conspiracies in film speaks more about ourselves than the puppeteers behind them.

Revisiting AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER
Revisiting AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER

Though initially marketed to a younger audience, Avatar: The Last Airbender offered important and incisive messages to all of its viewers.

The Simple Brilliance of RELIC
The Simple Brilliance of RELIC

In a deeper look, Relic is a film that will leave you speechless, enamored with the visual showcase you have just witnessed.

Creating Life: On Edward Yang’s TAIPEI STORY

In Taipei Story, Edward Yang depicts a life as complex as our own experiences, highlighting what makes human beings densely layered and unique.

JAWS: The Essential Blockbuster of Summer 2020
JAWS: The Essential Blockbuster of Summer 2020

Jaws is not only an eery reflection of the world we currently find ourselves in but a hopeful call to arms on how to work with each other.

Book Review: PICTURING PETER BOGDANOVICH
Book Review: PICTURING PETER BOGDANOVICH

We take a look at the novel by Peter Tonguette: Picturing Peter Bogdanovich, about the famed actor, writer, producer and director.

"THE HORROR!": APOCALYPSE NOW AND ITS JOURNEY TO THE END
“THE HORROR!”: APOCALYPSE NOW AND ITS JOURNEY TO THE END

1979’s Apocalypse Now has achieved an almost cult-like status, and no war film has captured the depravity of war the same way since.

All a Dream: Brushing Off Children's Fantasy
All A Dream: Brushing Off Children’s Fantasy

Frances Maurer examines the odd phenomenon of children’s fantasy stories being reduced to nothing more than a dream.

Silence & Oppression: A Cheryl Dunye Retrospective
Silence & Oppression: A Cheryl Dunye Retrospective

Time and time again, filmmaker Cheryl Dunye has proven she can maneuver tight narratives and powerful messages with a shoestring budget.