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Brownlee — Surrealist Body Horror in Julia Ducournau’s Titane

January 17, 2025

Metal, Fire, and Flesh: Surrealist Body Horror in Julia Ducournau’s Titane  Charlie Brownlee    Bodily binaries between (wo)man and machine are rendered frighteningly unclear in Titane.    Filmmakers have used the disfiguration of the human body to disturb and shock … Read more

Kelley — Cinematic Attunement in Arrival

January 8, 2025

Cinematic Attunement in Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival Rebecca Kelley    The heptapod chamber as an atmospheric locus in Arrival.    Cinema has the ability to stitch together different formal and aesthetic elements in order to create an experiential connection between the … Read more

Hardin — Photogénie as a Reflexive Tool in Adaptation

January 7, 2025

“It’s About Flowers!”: Photogénie as a Reflexive Tool in Adaptation  Ali Hardin    Both played by Nicolas Cage, Charlie represents the art of cinema while Donald embodies the film industry.   In the opening lines of his 1924 essay “On Certain … Read more

Mah — Fiery Moods, Affects, and Atmospheres in Burning

January 4, 2025

Rethinking Han in Contemporary Korean Cinema: Fiery Moods, Affects, and Atmospheres in Lee Chang-dong’s Burning  Campbell Mah    Simmering orange hues envelop Jong-su’s figure (Yoo Ah-in) in Burning.   Since the 1980s, South Korea’s cinema — much like the nation … Read more