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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The Shining

The Old School Animation Technique that Makes ‘The Shining’ So Scary

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“Mickey Mousing” doesn’t sound like it should be terrifying, and yet here we are.

Kikis Delivery Service

‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’ and How to Survive Creative Burnout

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“Without even thinking about it, I used to be able to fly. Now I’m trying to look inside myself and find out how I did it.”

Castle Freak and Lovecraft

H.P. Lovecraft, ‘Castle Freak,’ and the Pathology of a Preeminent Outsider

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In a way….we’re ALL castle freaks.

The Crush 1990s nymphet erotic thrillers

How Misreading ‘Lolita’ Results in the 1990s Erotic Thriller Nymphet

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Put on your hazmat suits everybody, this is some toxic stuff.

Dune Worm

How Hans Zimmer’s Score Hints at the Interconnectedness of ‘Dune’

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Let’s talk about those bagpipes y’all.

The Darjeeling Limited Wes Anderson

Big Feels and Flat Affect: Why Wes Anderson Represses Emotion

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Ever wondered why the director of ‘The Royal Tenenbaums,’ ‘The Darjeeling Limited,’ and ‘The French Dispatch’ flattens emotion? We’ve got a video essay for that.

Seven David Fincher rain movie

Why it Always Rains in David Fincher Movies

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Simply put, you cannot rain on Fincher’s parade.

The Adventures Of Tintin

The (Many) Cinematic Adventures of Tintin

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Time to praise one of the few fully mocap animated films to clear the uncanny valley.

Zodiac Yellow Collage

Yellow, Stranger: The Color Theory of Zodiac

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Because nothing says “obsession with an elusive killer” quite like the color of bile.