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The Aestheticization of Whiteness on Tumblr
Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking website founded in 2007 that allows members to post multimedia content. Popularized in...
Mackenzie Turner
Dec 15, 20244 min read


The Skeleton’s Skullcap: The Hermeneutical Jew in The Nightmare Before Christmas
I've read these Christmas books so many times, I know the stories and I know the rhymes I know the Christmas carols all by heart My skull...
Benny Edelman
Dec 14, 20249 min read


We’re All Girls
The past couple of years have kindled a newfound interest in Lena Dunham’s 2012 HBO TV show Girls . TikTok and Instagram have been...
Mia Ogle
Nov 19, 20243 min read


Carnivalised: Bakhtinian Reading on Teshigaharo’s The Face of Another
Introduction Trauma, in its very essence, is a persistence of pain. And if emotion is a story and persistence the canonization of that...
Justin Gao
Oct 29, 20248 min read


Illusions of Rebellion: Doris Wishman's Bad Girls Go to Hell and the Transient Transgressions of Sexploitation Cinema
Sexploitation films are characterized by their unflinching sensationalism of gratuitous nudity. Mainly directed by male directors such as...
Alicia Tang
Sep 18, 20247 min read


The Blue Caftan: Maryam Touzani’s Masterclass in Quiet Subversion
When the harsh overhead lights came on in my basement classroom after a screening of Maryam Touzani’s The Blue Caftan , my eyes were both...
Cleo Helscher
Sep 18, 20243 min read


Clapping and Recognition
You know what’s a pretty weird phenomenon? Applause after films. That’s not to say that I don’t clap when I’m amazed by a movie, but when...
Antonio Bullon Puckett
Sep 18, 20243 min read


In Appreciation of Celestial Lesbianism
Looking for a campy lesbian sci-fi film to leave you stupified by your own incessant laughter? I certainly wasn’t, and yet it found me....
Cleo Helscher
Sep 13, 20242 min read


New Girls’ club
Less than a month after sweeping the January awards season and winning her first Emmy , Golden Globe , and Critics’ Choice Awards for...
Sofia Reecer
Feb 27, 20246 min read


NC-17
Passages , 2023’s arthouse breakout by Ira Sachs, is certainly not for kids. Yet the film - which features two minute-long scenes of...
R.J. Jones
Jan 22, 20243 min read


An Unnecessary Evil: The Reboot & Hollywood’s Insistence Upon Fixing What is Not Broken
In the world of entertainment, one trend consistently haunts our screens: the notorious “reboot.” Hollywood’s fascination with revisiting...
Eva Rogovin
Jan 22, 20245 min read


The Cinema of 3D Attractions
The guy sitting next to me at the Film Forum is munching his popcorn way too loud. In my peripheral vision, I notice he’s not closing his...
Antonio Bullon Puckett
Jan 22, 20244 min read


A Cup of Afternoon Caste
Geeli Pucchi ( Wet Kiss, Neeraj Ghaywan, 2021) is one of four films contained within the Ajeeb Daastaans (Strange Stories, Netflix, 2021)...
Katie Mae Peters
Jan 22, 20246 min read


What Makes an Oscar-Winning Performance?
Film fans and pollsters have for years debated and analyzed just what kind of performances are awarded Oscars. In the early-year run-up...
Joao Santos
Jan 22, 20244 min read


Only the River Flows: A Twilight for an Arthouse China, or another Illusion?
An Unimpressive End-of-Year Surprise It was December 31st, 2018. Tens of thousands of moviegoers trooped into theaters around mainland...
Weiqing Chen
Jan 22, 20245 min read


Reality Television’s Gay Survivor
In the realm of reality television, few figures are as influential as Richard Hatch, an openly gay man and the first winner of Survivor....
SJ Austin
Jan 22, 20242 min read
Through the Narrow Gate: On the Poetics of Returning in Nostalghia
<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">It all begins with an idea.</p>
Double Exposure
Mar 11, 20196 min read
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