Category: Essays

Turning the Camera Around to You: The Passenger and Objectivity vs. Subjectivity Charlie Brownlee    The final shot of The Passenger, in which Locke (Nicholson) lies in bed as the camera moves past him.   The opening scene of Michelangelo Antonioni’s … Read more

Unconventional Space: Queering and Liberation of Spaces in Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Hold Me While I’m Naked Brian Rosenzweig   Hélöise and Marianne create a space of intimacy and belonging, however brief it is.   We often examine queerness, … Read more

What Makes an Auteur? An Analysis of Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-Up Andrew Tomei    Director Abbas Kiarostami speaks to the imprisoned Sabzian.   In the pantheon of great filmmakers, several figures have become strongly associated with one particular style. Although filmmaking … Read more

goin thru it. Carly Peck   Artist Statement   Because of my interest in editing, I was fascinated by Sergei Eisenstein’s ideas about how montage and editing can reveal untold stories and new meanings. To explore this concept further, I … Read more

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