‘Tchoupitoulas’ & Southern Time
Dir. Bill Ross IV & Turner Ross, 2012 Drawl is a Southern measure [...]
‘Dirty Computer’ (2018) & ‘Metropolis’ (1927)
I wanted to lose myself in Dirty Computer (dir. Andrew Donoho & [...]
Memento (Mori): Brother Authors, Sister Stories
Memories: cherished and forgotten, fleeting and forever, and always, deceptive. Our interior [...]
Happy Old Year: Minimalism in a Maximalist World
“Minimalism is like...a Buddhist philosophy. It’s about letting go.” Happy Old Year (dir. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, [...]
Domestic Space in Lucinda’s Spell (Director’s Cut)
Lucinda’s Spell (dir. Jon Jacobs, 1998) is a cult classic centering Celtic, New-Orleans-based [...]
Sexual Violence and The Female Gaze
[Trigger Warning: Graphic descriptions and discussion of rape and racial violence] [...]
On Beauty’s Violence: Three Films
Q: Has the portrayal of violence in films gone too far? [...]
Eve’s Bayou & Our Elusive Truths
**Content Warnings: child sexual abuse Released six years before Ian McEwan’s Atonement [...]
Machinima: Action Films, Action Games & Power Play
“Perhaps then, it is important to understand that the history of racism [...]
Nostalgic Fear and Countless Remakes
Everyone has a scary film scene that scarred them for life. Mine [...]