Script to Screen: Visualizing the Turning Point of ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’
Getting to know you/Getting to know all about you Read More
June 18, 2021
The Queue
Growing Pains: Names, Autonomy, and the Changing Self in ‘Spirited Away’
A liminal journey through the spirit realm by any other name would smell as sweet... Read More
June 16, 2021
Chasing Butterflies: Observations on the Visual Style of Terrence Malick
Hope y'all brought your allergy medication because we're going to be running through some fields. Read More
June 14, 2021
Fake Blood and True Grit: How Sam Raimi Made 1981’s ‘The Evil Dead’
Turns out making a splatter film in the dead of winter is a horrorshow in its own right. Read More
June 11, 2021
Glamor From Above: The Simple Majesty of Dietrich Lighting
Lights, camera, Marlene Dietrich. Read More
June 9, 2021
Separation Anxiety: The Anatomy of the ‘Basket Case’ Trilogy
"What's in the basket? Easter eggs?" Read More
June 7, 2021
Visual Rhymes: The Cinematic Resonances of ‘Tenet’
Because no one is a bigger film dork than filmmakers. Read More
June 4, 2021
The Ballad of Gator Purify: Samuel L. Jackson’s Career-Making Performance
Before Jules Winnfield...there was Gator Purify. Read More
June 2, 2021
Bluffs, Tells, and Martinis: An Analysis of the ‘Casino Royale’ Poker Scene
Knowledge of how poker works not required. Read More
May 31, 2021