The Queue

The Queue is an oft-recurring column in which Meg Shields provides you with a distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web.

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Banshees Of Inisherin

Rules of the Game: How Martin McDonagh Satirizes Masculinity

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Violence, Shame, Victimization. Repeat.

Nope Sound Design

What Nope’s Sound Design Can Teach Us About Terror vs. Horror

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/Please/ tell me that was just the wind.

Loanwords: Parasite mom with dog

What We Can Learn From the English Code Switching in ‘Parasite’

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Respect!

Movie MacGuffins: Pulp Fiction Briefcase

A Beginner’s Guide to Identifying Movie MacGuffins

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You could replace the microfilm in ‘North By Northwest’ with a pair of fuzzy pink slippers … which is why it’s a MacGuffin.

Requiem For A Dream Tv

How to Un-F*ck Your Default TV Settings

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He sees you when you have motion blurring. He knows when you’re using proprietary modes that came with your TV. (Yes, we’re talking about Tom Cruise).

Ghost In The Shell Skeleton

The Existential Comforts of Cyberpunk

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Embrace the neon-lit abyss!

Tetsuo

How ‘Tetsuo: The Iron Man’ Embodies 1980s HIV/AIDS Anxieties

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Another wonderful opportunity to remember the power drill dick scene.

squid game tv

A Fast and Furious History of the Home Theater

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Let’s all go to the living room … let’s all go to the living room …

Cure Horror

Hypnotic Anatomy: What Makes Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Cure’ So Scary

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“All the things that used to be inside of me… now they are all outside.”