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Category: Print Essays

Of Selina Kyle and Harley Quinn: Branding and Controlling Women in Batman Video Games

In the collective Batman multiverse, nothing stays static for long. Over the eighty-years since Batman was created by Bill Finger … More

Comics, DC Comic Universe, Film, June 2022, Print Essays, Video Games

‘BioShock’ (2007): Toxicity and Contagion

For blood to be considered toxic, one may understand this to mean that the fluid that runs through the body, … More

June 2022, Print Essays, Toxic Cultures, Video Games

Branded a Tyrant: Rescuing Superman Video Games with the ‘Injustice’ Series

In 2017, with the release of video game Injustice 2, published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Guinness World Records recognised … More

Adapting Superman, Film, June 2021, Print Essays, Video Games

“We’ll always have Iceland, Indy”: Indiana Jones and His Adventures in Video Games

Founded by George Lucas in 1971, Lucasfilm is the production company famously behind the Indiana Jones and Star Wars movie … More

Excavating Indiana Jones, Film, May 2020, Print Essays, Video Games

Spike Jonze: Examining the Collective Work Behind the Indie Brand Name

Inscribed beneath the film title on the promotional materials of Being John Malkovich (1999) are the words ‘A Film Directed … More

Directory of World Cinema, Directory of World Cinema: American Independent 3, Film, Oct 2016, Print Essays

Noah Baumbach: Presenting Characters that Explore Self-Worth to Become ‘Kind of an Asshole’

Since 1995, Noah Baumbach has written and directed seven full-length feature films, and has additionally written, or contributed to, the … More

Directory of World Cinema, Directory of World Cinema: American Independent 3, Film, Oct 2016, Print Essays

Welcome to Hollywood North, Canada: A World of Stand-Ins, Tax-Breaks, Studio Expansion, and Cultural Erasure/Reinscription

In a 2011 article entitled, ‘Vancouver movie magic captures the world’, Gordon Hardwick of the British Columbia Film Commission enthusiastically … More

Comics, Film, Mapping Cinematic Norths, Print Essays, Sep 2016

Who Teaches the Daleks?: ‘Doctor Who’ and Fulfilling the BBC’s Remit for Educational Programming

Operating as a public broadcasting station since 1927, the BBC has been required by Royal Charter to serve the public … More

May 2016, New Worlds, PopMatters, Print Essays, Television

“Though This Be Madness, Yet There Is Method In’t”: Speculating on [Joss Whedon] Adaptations of Shakespeare

To borrow from Hamlet‘s Polonius, there is something of a method to the madness in Whedon shooting a “homebrew” adaptation of … More

After the Avengers, Comics, Film, Nov 2015, PopMatters, Print Essays, Television

Women Screenwriters: Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003)

Helene Bertha Amalie Riefenstahl, or Leni Riefenstahl, was a German film director, producer, editor, actress and dancer whose career spanned … More

Film, Print Essays, Sep 2015, Women Screenwriters: An International Guide

Women Screenwriters: Anna Melikyan (b. 1976) and the New Post-Soviet Person

Anna Melikyan was born in Baku, Azerbaijan and raised in Armenia. In 2002, Melikyan graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of … More

Film, Print Essays, Sep 2015, Women Screenwriters: An International Guide

Jane Austen: A Grand Tour of Pemberley

In Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bingley pointedly informs his sister, Caroline: ‘I should think it more possible to get Pemberley … More

Fan Phenomena, Film, March 2015, Print Essays, Television

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