Posts

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy & The Dehumanization of Late Capitalism

Death Walks at Midnight & Overcoming Trauma

The Fugitive: Hitchcockian Tension in an Action Vehicle

Cracking Up: A Brief Review of Roman Polanski's Repulsion

Amardcord & The Nature of Truth in Storytelling

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans: The Appeal of Silent Film

Physical Empowerment: Showgirls & Sexual Politics

Sex without Emotion: The Dreary Politics of Shame

Villains as Heroes: The Player & Hollywood Satire

Lawrence of Arabia & the Deadlock of Infinite Drive

Casino: Individualist Business vs. Faceless Capital

Bicycle Thieves & the Economics of Desperation

Dog Day Afternoon: Case Study in Character Development

Chinephilia and Sentimentality in Cinema Paradiso

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Spy Thriller or Costume Drama?

The Mundanity of Espionage in The Ipcress File

The Origins of the Espionage Thriller in Fritz Lang's Spies

The Colors of Outer Space in Planet of the Vampires

Tracing Body Parts in Five Dolls for an August Moon

The Unconventional Path to Accepting Our Faults

The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears & Sexual Violence

Editing Sexual Violence into Coming of Age in Amer

Pushing the Boundaries of Storytelling in Pierrot le fou

The Limit of Capitalism in Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville

The Consequences of Impossible Missions in Rogue Nation

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman & 1950's Sexual Politics

What Do We Mean When We Talk About Spoilers?