Rated R for Retrograde Culture

Rated R for Retrograde Culture

Linklater’s seminal work Boyhood (2014) received an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPPA) for “sexual references, and for teen drug and alcohol…

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On Cellphone Videos and Justice: What we can learn from our cultural fetishization of vision

On Cellphone Videos and Justice: What we can learn from our cultural fetishization of vision

Protests throughout the United States and the Black Lives Matter movement have increased focus on police shootings and reports of alleged police misconduct. In the…

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Can re-commodifying a body act as reclaiming?

Can re-commodifying a body act as reclaiming?

The female body has been serially fragmented and commodified for centuries. The most frequently accepted modern manifestation of this in the western world that continues…

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The Parisdox

The Parisdox

Cities built over hundreds of years aren’t meant to be understood over tens of hours. And yet, every year places around the world draw in…

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A Musical Break: An Exploration of the Remediation of Film and Theatre

A Musical Break: An Exploration of the Remediation of Film and Theatre

  This week was all about the musical. Yes, yes, chock it up to the theatre geek-dom, but with the announcement of Ariana Grande playing…

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Female Sexuality in Horror

Female Sexuality in Horror

Entering the second week of the 2016 Edinburgh Film Festival I expected to be burned out from the amount of film halfway through the week,…

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Importance of a Good Party

Importance of a Good Party

From La Règle du jeu to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, the party scene has been a staple of film. They work best when they transcend…

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