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Top Gun: Maverick Is in Love With Companionship, Familiarity
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is the biggest hit of 2022 because it’s more than an action movie, it’s a romance flick dedicated to all the things we love, and love, and love again. Essay by Callum McGuigan.
Read MoreStraightwashing Removes All Rainbows: Removing Bisexuals from Comic Book Films
In 2022, the blockbuster sphere’s choices in representation must face more scrutiny, particularly with regard to straightwashing bisexual comic book characters. Essay by Paul Klein.
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‘Blue My Mind’ and New Female Monsters
‘Blue My Mind’ cathartically redefines the old-fashioned film logic that pain must be felt in the coming-of-age period and thus redefines the rulings of the monstrous feminine. Essay by Grace Britten.
Read MoreIs Marvel’s Insistence on Being So Firmly On-The-Nose Rooted in a Distrust of Its Audience?
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.
Read MoreWhat Film Can Teach Us About Heartbreak
“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.
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