ISSN 1712-9559
Essays
1.
A theoretical enquiry into the long-standing discourse surrounding genre theory.
2.
An analysis of the formalist experimentation in gialli lexicon, Amer.
4.
A close analysis of Godard's mise-en-scene in Le Le Mépris, focusing on the film's multifaceted themes.
6.
A theoretical analysis of how critics have responded to Lynch's strategies of constructing meaning.
7.
An analysis of how Blue Velvet consciously opens itself up to seemingly contrary meanings.
8.
An impressionistic account of Transcendental Meditation by way of Lynch and INLAND EMPIRE.
9.
A contextualisation of the giallo The Sister of Ursula as a terza visione film.
10.
A Bergsonian analysis of Andrei Tarkovsky's dream-like aesthetics in Mirror.
11.
An essay on Jonathan Levine's interesting take on the slasher film, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane.
12.
A theoretical analysis of how the temporal experience is modulated in cinema to accommodate the cognitive possibilities of narrative. The essay relies on the theoretical thoughts of Deleuze and Bergson for its philosophical basis, Paul Ricoeur for the narratology, Bazin for film theory (realism) and then uses the Western genre as its case study.
13.
An essay on Joseph W. Sarno's soft-core lesbian vampire cult piece Vampire's Ecstasy.
14.
This study attempts to determine the factors most helpful to the Egyptian audience in determining their choices of motion pictures.
15.
An essay discussing the 'biochemistry' inherent in the filmic medium, and how directors Peter Greenaway and Bill Morrison have incorporated notions of death and rebirth in their films.
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