What Is Inside Is Also Outside: The (Un)familiar World of Zama Abigail Burns Don Diego de Zama (right) inhabits one of many cramped frames, as the interior is sonically besieged by the exterior Lucretia Martel’s Zama (2017) is … Read more
Sound Builds Its Own World: Auditory Montage in Lucrecia Martel’s Zama Theo Holt Don Diego de Zama stares beyond the frame’s edge, longing to be liberated from his miserable post In Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017), the titular character … Read more
Excerpted from the author’s 2018 honors thesis Couples Lost in Time: Hiroshima, mon amour and L’Eclisse Dylan Caskie Not yet identified lovers embrace in the abstract prologue of Hiroshima, mon amour In Cinema 1: The Movement-Image (1983) and Cinema … Read more
Affective Mood as a Narrative Tool in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Julia Stamey Addressing the audience, Mr. Rogers (Tom Hanks) presents the case of Lloyd (Matthew Rhys) as a lesson in anger management for adults Marielle Heller’s … Read more
Masculine Hierarchies, Voice, and the Clown-Cuckold Figure in The Blue Angel Liam Bradford Alongside Lola (Marlene Dietrich), Professor Rath (Emil Jannings) is reduced to a clown The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel, Josef von Sternberg, 1930) is a film … Read more
Political Monstrosity Framed as Normality: Romero’s Horror Aesthetics in The Crazies Ben Newport-Foster Soldiers dispose of Trixie-infected bodies, burning them in flames that hover somewhere between the screen and the audience American independent filmmaker George Romero excelled at crafting … Read more
Winner, Best Undergraduate Essay in English and Comparative Literature, 2020-21 Vertiginous Memories: Traces of Hitchcock in La Jetée and Portrait of a Lady on Fire Lexi Baird A Vertigo-inspired lap dissolve in Chris Marker’s La Jetée “Nothing sorts out … Read more
Matriarchy in The Birds: A Feminine Power Struggle between Melanie and Lydia Reanna Brooks A frightened Lydia (Jessica Tandy, middle) reacts to an avian assault in The Birds In 1963, Alfred Hitchcock released one of his eeriest and most … Read more
Excerpted from the author’s 2021 honors thesis Gender Performance as Sacrifice in Stella Dallas Barbara Blaschke Before the mirror, Stella (Barbara Stanwyck) engages in class-conscious gender performance in King Vidor’s melodrama Likely the most remembered scene of King Vidor’s … Read more
Excerpted from the author’s 2021 honors thesis Jia Zhangke’s Emotional Questioning of Contemporary China Tyler Kwok Tao (Zhao Tao), a performer at Beijing World Park, moves solo through an uncertain and shifting Chinese cultural landscape China’s tumultuous 20th century … Read more
