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Who are Film Festivals For?

August 25, 2016
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  In September, just one month from now, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and Venice International Film Festival will begin, signaling the close of…

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by Marcel Duchamp

An Animated Painting

July 28, 2016
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           Nude Descending a Staircase [No. 2] (1912), by Marcel Duchamp, was one of the first contemporary paintings to show movement within a single frame….

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Animation Under False Pretences: The Moving-Image

Animation Under False Pretences: The Moving-Image

July 28, 2016
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  In her essay “Cinematography: The Creative Use of Reality,” renowned filmmaker Maya Deren makes the argument that animation (or “animated paintings” as she refers…

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The Film Lost in a Surrealist Wonderland

The Film Lost in a Surrealist Wonderland

July 21, 2016
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Belladonna of Sadness (1973), a psychedelic and erotic Japanese animated film, was just recently released for the first time in the United States in 2016…

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The Golden Touch: Attachment Theory in Films at the EIFF

The Golden Touch: Attachment Theory in Films at the EIFF

July 11, 2016
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Films have an intimate relationship with psychology. Many popular films rely on relatable and believable characters who struggle with the same monsters as regular people….

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Innocence Stripped: Sexual Assault and Exploitation of Minors at the EIFF

Innocence Stripped: Sexual Assault and Exploitation of Minors at the EIFF

June 22, 2016
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  Between May of 2014 and April of 2015, the United States Department of Education launched investigations into 106 colleges and universities for the Title…

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