What Anxiety-Inducing Cinema Can Teach Us About Our Own Anxieties
In his book “The Concept of Anxiety,” Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard defines anxiety as both a restrictive and cathartic primal force. He describes ...
Dear Michael Bay – My Dad Died of COVID-19 and I Have Thoughts on ‘Songbird’
Dear Michael Bay, My Dad died of COVID-19 and the trailer for Songbird is giving ...
Investigating Sexism in Home Media
Sadly, for the collectors amongst us, physical media is in steep decline. With the rise ...
Eradication & Eroticism: An Extreme Fantasy of Human Flesh
The human body has been a point of fascination since the dawn of time, causing ...
Dark Thoughts: How Horror is Leading The Conversation on Our Most Difficult Issues
Whether it’s during our darkest times, psychologically speaking, or keeping us awake at night, our ...
Invaded Interiors: The Haunted Female Body in ‘Hausu’ and ‘Home Stories’
Home is supposed to be safe, a private place of shelter and refuge. We structure our lives and our dwellings to make us ...
Her Popped Cherry: Transformation & Identity Crisis in Female Virginity Fiction
‘Do I look different than I did yesterday?’, Minnie Goetze asks her pet cat a ...
The Quietness of Gentrification in ‘Blindspotting’ and ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’
There was a study made by the Center for Community Innovation at UC Berkeley around ...
‘Mudbound’: Peace in War
Warning: the following article includes plot spoilers for Mudbound (2017). War alludes to destruction and ...
A City on a Different Rhythm: Re-examining Michael Mann’s ‘Collateral’
Warning: the following article contains plot spoilers from Collateral (2004). In Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario, Emily Blunt’s Kate ...
Animation Station – Disney Decades: 1950s & 1960s
After the Golden Age and the turbulent Wartime era, the dawning of a new decade also brought about the emergence of a new ...
Hi, Stranger: A Play Supporting Suicide Prevention
Released free online and in support of World Suicide Prevention Day, short virtual play ‘Hi, ...
Celebrating Queer Cinema’s Unsung Allies
Allies to the LGBTQ+ community are as important now as they have ever been. Whilst ...
