Essays

Is Marvel’s Insistence on Being So Firmly On-The-Nose Rooted in a Distrust of Its Audience?

Posted on June 8, 2022June 9, 2022 by Guest

In ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, Marvel, writer Michael Waldron and director Sam Raimi, tell rather than show. Is this because they don’t trust us to understand film language? Essay by Callum McGuigan.

What Film Can Teach Us About Heartbreak

Posted on June 6, 2022June 7, 2022 by Guest

“Real life is often nonsensical and absurd – if art can truly mirror that experience, something special can occur.” What abstract ideas in film can teach us about heartbreak. Essay by Sam Florsheim.

The Before Trilogy: How to Capture a Moment

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Guest

A love story is made of moments, and in no place are those moments captured better than in Richard Linklater’s Before Trilogy – Sunrise, Sunset, Midnight. Essay on why, by Jack Fanning.

Cooper Raiff and the Strength of Vulnerability

Posted on May 23, 2022May 24, 2022 by Guest

Cooper Raiff uses his films ‘Sh*thouse’ and ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ to re-evaluate the limits of masculinity, confronting limited stereotypes to present vulnerability as a strength. Essay by Tina Kakadelis.

Spielberg’s ‘Jurassic Park’ VFX Remain the Industry’s Gold Standard

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Joseph Wade

How Steven Spielberg’s direction helped to make the visual effects on ‘Jurassic Park’ (1993) not only revolutionary but the Gold Standard of Hollywood CGI. Article by Joseph Wade.

In Defense of the Happy Ending: Alice Wu and LGBTQ+ Movies

Posted on April 7, 2022April 7, 2022 by Guest

For so long, Hollywood has made it seem like only white, cisgender, non-disabled, heterosexual people fall in love. The films of Alice Wu offer condolence for those outside of that box. Essay by Tina Kakadelis.

How ‘The Worst Person in the World’ Redefines Romantic Cinema

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Guest

How Joachim Trier rewrites the rules of silver screen romance to create one of the best romantic dramas of recent years, ‘The Worst Person in the World’. Essay by Rehana Nurmahi.

‘Wanderlust’ and Its ‘Bizarro Cut’ at 10: How David Wain Split His Sensibility in Two for the Studio System

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Guest

10 years on from the release of David Wain’s cult comedy ‘Wanderlust’, starring Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston, its ‘Bizarro Cut’ remains transparent about the comedy process. Essay by Nicholas Armstrong.

Little Women Is the Ultimate Christmas Film, Actually

Posted on December 22, 2021September 24, 2022 by Guest

Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’ (2019) starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh and more, is the ultimate Christmas film, even if it’s arguably not even a Christmas film at all. Rehana Nurmahi explains.

There’s No Place like St. Louis at Christmas

Posted on December 18, 2021December 1, 2022 by Margaret Roarty

If ‘The Wizard of Oz’ taught us that there’s no place like home, ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’ taught us that, actually, there’s no place like St. Louis. Essay by Margaret Roarty.

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