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November 10, 2021

Feminist Themes In Frankenhooker

Frankenhooker, written and directed by Frank Henenlotter, fits easily into the is a 1980’s counter culture horror genre. It shares stylistic and thematic material with films […]
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November 10, 2021

Psycho, Taxi Driver, and Maniac: A Formal Comparison

The 1981 film Maniac definitely owes a debt to both Psycho and Taxi Driver. Its a strange set of films to compare but they do have some core commonality. Alienation […]
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November 10, 2021

Hollywood’s Brand of Feminism

Hollywood’s idea of feminism is a woman behaving like a man. The approach leaves the stereotypical gender roles unchallenged and then simply gives a female […]
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November 10, 2021

Entertainment And The Films Of Akira Kurosawa And Ingmar Bergman

There is a long held principle in film criticism that the entertainment value of a movie is in some way set in opposition to its […]
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November 8, 2021

The Role of the Environment in Onibaba and Woman In The Dunes.

Between the films Onibaba, directed by Kaneto Shindo in 1964, and Woman In the Dunes, directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara also in 1964 there are only five characters and two locations. […]
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November 8, 2021

A Comparison of I Spit on Your Grave, The Last House On The Left and Ms. 45

I Spit on Your Grave (1978), The Last House On The Left (1972) and Ms. 45 (1981) all fit within the grindhouse genre and further within the subgenera of rape […]
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November 8, 2021

Self Awareness in Rear Window vs. The Tenant

Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window and Roman Polanski's The Tenant are both films about observing and being observed. Rear Window was released in 1954, and The […]
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November 8, 2021

Deadpan as a Filming Technique in Roy Anderson’s Films

Deadpan is not ordinarily ascribed to a style of filmmaking. It is more often associated with the lack of emotion on an actor’s face during […]
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November 8, 2021

The Manipulation of Sympathy in Parasite and Us.

In his movie  Psycho,, Hitchcock famously had Marion Crane, played by the movie’s biggest star Janet Leigh, murdered in the first third of the film. The audience […]
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November 5, 2021

Jean Luc-Godard and Charlie Parker, No Spoon Full of Sugar For You

George Bernard Shaw said of Richard Wagner “He’s better than he sounds.” This could be said about both Jean Luc-Godard and Charlie Parker. Both men […]
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November 4, 2021

The New Equine Cinema

Breathlessly, ardently I beseech you all to harken to my call. Let me be the harbinger of a cinema most revolutionary! Blossoming right under our […]
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November 3, 2021

A Comparison of Three Films Entitled Maniac

​The first of the three films entitled Maniac was made in 1934, the second came out 46 years later in 1980, and 33 years after that a […]
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November 2, 2021

Embracing Marginalization Through Cult Films

Wrestling with the slippery taxonomy of genres is a limited activity at best. Quantifying the essential traits of what constitutes a cult film is just […]
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November 1, 2021

Fascism and The Superhero

“these iconic characters are still very much white supremacist dreams of the master race. In fact, I think that a good argument can be made […]
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October 31, 2021

Some Snippets From My Film Student’s Papers

I love and respect my students. I present to you some of their missteps with the greatest affection.​“Apocalypse Now film was released in 1979 by Ford […]
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October 30, 2021

The Role of Conflict in Tomcat

This article contains spoilers. Tomcat centers around one sharp moment of horror. A single lightning bolt out of nowhere that leaves you breathless. Tomcat is […]
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October 27, 2021

Documenter And Documented: Whose Side Of The Camera Are You On? 

Nazi officers wore hats emblazoned with a big skull right in the center, and yet it never occurred to them It’s hard to believe that […]
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October 25, 2021

Revenge of Mechagodzilla: Thoughts on Kaiju Symbolism

The legacy of Godzilla began in 1954. The history of this still ongoing franchise has been divided into a variety of eras the first of which is […]
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October 21, 2021

A Little About Andy Warhol’s Films

“His genius was in his way of looking at things, at singling out common objects for extraordinary examination. But the idea of looking at a […]
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October 20, 2021

The Nature of Narrative

The creation of narrative is as integral to our functioning as breathing or sleeping. Narrative is the foundation of our two most basic behaviors, hunting, […]
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October 15, 2021

The Black Cat And The Queer String Of Films It Inspired.

On the face of it, Edgar Allen Poe’s 1885 story The Black Cat does not appear to have any connection to LGBTQA+ issues. What is known about […]
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October 15, 2021

What’s Wrong With Schindler’s List And Right With The Load

It’s been 17 years since I saw Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List. I remember crying in the theater, but when it was over I felt that something […]
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October 15, 2021

A Brief Rant About My Cinema Students And American Optimism

I teach cinema in college. I generally love and appreciate my students but please allow me a small rant. Each semester I have a few […]
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October 14, 2021

Is Schumacher’s "Falling Down" A Satire?

Beginning with its release in 1993 Joel Schumacher’s film, Falling Down, divided audiences and critics alike. The conflict boils down to whether or not Falling Down succeeds as a […]
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