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Richard A. Gilmore’s Doing Philosophy at the Movies
A book review of Richard A. Gilmore’s Doing Philosophy at the Movies, which looks at, The Searchers, The Usual Suspects, Vertigo, Fargo, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Terminator, 12 Monkeys, Trainspotting, Night of the Living Dead, and The Matrix.
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Remaining Men Together: Fight Club and the (Un)pleasures of Unreliable Narration
A psychoanalytical analysis of recent films which incorporate 'unreliable' narration as a key element of what David Church argues is a 'masochistic' form of visual pleasure.
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The “Cult” of Kubrick
Using the critical status of Stanley Kubrick, David Church analyzes how the films of a revered art film auteur can also be held up examples of cult cinema.
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Alida Valli: May 31, 1921-April 22, 2006
A tribute to the great Italian actresses Alida Valli, who passed away April 22, 2006.
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Dario Argento, Maestro Auteur or Master Misogynist?
A psychoanalytical defense of Dario Argento against claims of misogyny.
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Sex and Violence as Phantasm: Eros and Thanatos in Campion’s In the Cut
An analysis of how Jane Campion negotiates the conventions of the sex-noir thriller with more auteurist designs exploring female sexual desire and 'art film' aesthetics.
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Wuxia Masks: On Come Drink With Me and the Beijing Opera
An exploration of the art of fight choreography as defined by wuxia pan master King Hu.
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Eisenstein, Synaesthesia, Symbolism and the Occult Traditions
An analysis of the great montagists Sergei Eisenstein’s interest in synaesthesia and occult traditions.
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Of Race, Representation and Responsibility in Jenni Olson’s Afro Promo
An analysis of curator Jenni Olson's collection of Black American Cinema Trailers, 1946 - 1976.
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Music, comedy and class: The Immigrant and Gold Diggers of 1933
A comparative analysis of social/political meaning in Charlie Chaplin's The Immigrant and Busby Berkeley and Mervyn Le Roy's Golddiggers of 1933.
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From Back Bacon to Chicken Fingers: Re-contextualizing the ‘Hoser’ Archetype
A cultural analysis of the Canadian comic phenomena of the Trailer Park Boys.
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You’ve Got Mail Takes Place in a “Little Shop Around the Corner&rdquo
A narratological study of The Little Shop Around the Corner and its remake by Nora Ephron.
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Incident at Loch Ness and Herzog’s Hunt for the “Ecstatic Truth”
An analysis of Werner Herzog's mockumentary Incident at Loch Ness
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What Value is there in Gus Van Sant’s Psycho
A theoretical analysis of the value of Gus Van Sant's Psycho.
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Comfort and Joy: the anatomy of melancholy
A look back at the underappreciated films of Bill Forsyth, with an emphasis on Comfort and Joy.
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