Hardin — Photogénie as a Reflexive Tool in Adaptation
“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
Fulton — Stalker: A New Soviet Avant-Garde
Stalker: A New Soviet Avant-Garde Landen Fulton In a moment which subverts the film/spectator relationship, the Stalker, the film’s protagonist, gazes at the audience. At the intersection of cinema and poetry lies a film whose expression yields an … Read more
Kirk — Gastronomic Grotesque and Feminist Defiance in Daisies
Winner, Best Undergraduate Essay in Film Studies, 2023-24 The Gastronomic Grotesque and Feminist Defiance in Daisies Adriana Kirk Chytilová uses the characters of the doll-like Maries to subvert traditional ideas of femininity and the grotesque. “I love eating,” … Read more
Mah — Fiery Moods, Affects, and Atmospheres in Burning
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
Pham — Beyond Summerisle
Beyond Summerisle: Comparing Folk Horror in The Wicker Man and Get Out Ryan Pham Howie, the protagonist of The Wicker Man, is vulnerable to a murderous, conspiratorial plot from the film’s opening shots. For decades, folk horror … Read more
Hoppert — Phenomenology and Its Creation and Exploration of Environment in Old Joy
Phenomenology and Its Creation and Exploration of Environment in Kelly Reichardt’s Old Joy Ana Hoppert Flores Old friends Mark and Kurt drive away from their industrial urban center into the Oregon forests Film scholars have long observed and … Read more
Mah — An Examination of Time, Medium, and the Moving Image in La Jetée
An Examination of Time, Medium, and the Moving Image in Chris Marker’s La Jetée Campbell Mah The protagonist of La Jetée is paradoxically caught between the bounds of movement and stasis, and of life and death Chris Marker’s 1962 … Read more
Bradford — Intervening Hands: Building Discoursal Legacies of Film Sound with Apocalypse Now and A Man Escaped
Winner, Best Undergraduate Essay in Film Studies, 2020-21 Intervening Hands: Building Discoursal Legacies of Film Sound with Apocalypse Now and A Man Escaped Liam Bradford Capt. Willard is tormented by his memories of the Vietnam War in the opening scene of … Read more
Gebbia — The Final Girl and Final Boy: Reframing Gender Identities in Alien and Get Out
The Final Girl and Final Boy: Reframing Gender Identities in Alien and Get Out Matthew Gebbia Ripley’s eyes flash with terror as she alone is hunted by the deadly Xenomorph set loose on the Nostromo Genres provide filmmakers … Read more
Ashby — Horror as a Vehicle: The Terror of Technology in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Pulse
Horror as a Vehicle: The Terror of Technology in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Pulse Jack Ashby A ghostly figure lurks behind pixelated shadows on Kawashima’s computer monitor display Although horror films have taken various forms throughout cinema history, few have … Read more