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Essays

1.

An introduction to the theme of nostalgia in the films of Sergio Leone.

2.

An in-depth analysis of Andrew Dominik's fascinating study of melancholia in the guise of a Western

3.

In-depth script analysis of Robert Towne's Tequila Sunrise.

4.

A thematic and formal analysis of the environmental thread across a group of mainly low budget, independent horror films that showed at Fantasia 2007.

5.

Relying on secondary sources and an in-depth formal analysis, author Richard Wallace takes a plunge into defining the ineffable: the Lubitsch Touch.

6.

An essay on the Soviet Science Fiction films which played at the 2007 Fantasia International Film Festival.

7.

An brief look back at the capital cost allowance period in Canadian cinema, which acts as an introduction to the interview with Doug Harris.

8.

An examination of trends in the recent horror film, focusing on the intimate relationship that exists between viewer/film in the venerable horror genre.

9.

An analysis of Terence Malick's phenomenological-influenced approach to cinematic objects, an approach which expands our conception of 'film realism' and certain formal codes of film language (like point of view).

10.

An analysis of Touch of Evil which argues that a formal analysis grounded in cognitivism is better suited than most (i.e. psychoanalytical) in taking into consideration issues of meaning (authorial intention, the collaborative nature of filmmaking) and the particularities of cinema's unique 'autographic' and 'discursive' language.

11.

While most reviewers of Abel Ferrara’s (arguably masterpiece) The Bad Lieutenant tended to laud Harvey Kietel’s performance in spite of his character’s morally reprehensible nature, and the film’s overall harsh subject matter, Jason Mark Scott argues that Ferrara’s stylistic mix of ‘naturalism’ (which is likened to Pier Paolo Pasolini) and lyricism amounts to a poignant treatment of Catholic angst.

12.

An in-depth overview of the Italian crime films of overlooked auteur Fernando di Leo. One of the first essays in English on the director.

13.

A textual analysis of the variant versions of Sergio Martino's excellent giallo, All the Colors of the Dark.

14.

An introduction to the Italian crime film (the poliziotteschi), a mainstay of Italian popular cinema of the 1970s.

15.

An historical overview of the guapparia crime filone, which was especially popular in the Southern parts of Italy in the 1970s.


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