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Creative Failures and Failing to be Creative: Sci-Fi Cinema in 2017
If the Hollywood sci-fi movies of 2017 have one unifying special effect that will come to epitomize the collective output … More
The Society of the ‘Fight Club’ is the Society of the Spectacle
When Jack, the lead protagonist and narrator of Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999), is at work, he monologues that “with insomnia, … More
‘The Sopranos’: Mythologizing the Gangster Genre
In a 1933 publicity piece for the film Blondie Johnson, Warner Brothers declared that, “The value of [gangster] films now … More
The Best Film of 2016: Nocturnal Animals
Near-naked ladies cavort on the enlarged frame in slow-motion close-up. The sizeable sirens brazenly fill the dimensions of our headspace … More
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
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
Future Technology in the ‘Star Trek’ Reboots: Complex Future(s)
With our first explorative adventure in Future Technology in the ‘Star Trek’ Reboots:Tethered and Performative, we examined how, through looking … More
Future Technology in the ‘Star Trek’ Reboots: Tethered and Performative
As human beings, we are constantly developing, and exploration is one of the ways in which we can expect to … More
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
New Additions to Netflix Worth Watching in August
To loosely paraphrase the lyrics from a 1964 classic: “Summer’s here and the time is right for shutting the curtains … More
‘Richard III’ Is Ian McKellen’s Glorious Rendition of an Absolute Villain
If, as playground mnemonics for remembering the order of the visible colors within the spectrum of light are accurate and … More
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