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The Early History of One Actor Playing Many Roles in a Single Film
Containing multitudes is a time-honored cinematic tradition.
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Trials and Tribulations: The Art of Adapting Kafka
Should all adaptations of classic works be faithful?
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4 Must-Watch Films If You’re About to Graduate College and Feel Lost as F*ck
A cinematic guide to confronting postgrad malaise.
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Take a Number and Wait: Bureaucracy in the On-Screen Afterlife
According to the movies, death looks a whole lot like the DMV.
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The Future of Food: 5 Ominous Trends in Science Fiction Cuisine
The way to a sci-fi’s heart is through its stomach.
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For The Coen Brothers, Texas is a State of Mind
“Down here – you’re on your own.”
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The Devil is a F**kboy: Revisiting ‘The Witches of Eastwick’
I’d like to think that, hot off his medical residency, George Miller turned to the nearest reflective surface and muttered to himself “Someday, you’re going…
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From Homer to ‘House of 1000 Corpses’: The Role of Hospitality in Rural Horror
How the ancient greek notion of guest-friendship persists through the unlikely vessel of a rural horror trope.
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The Melancholy of Don Bluth
How the children’s animation of the ’80s made room for sadness, and what that taught us.
