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There’s Something Wrong with Charlie: The Role of the Queer in Shadow of a Doubt Wren Moody   In his essay “Queer Hitchcock,” Alexander Doty examines the role of queer gender and sexuality across widely influential director Alfred Hitchcock’s large … Read more

Winner, Best Undergraduate Essay in English and Comparative Literature, 2024-2025 “This is the End”: Sound as an Atmospheric Force in Apocolypse Now and The Fog  Rebecca Kelley In the 1970’s, technological advancements in sound design led to the development of Dolby Stereo, a … Read more

Cure (1997) Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Nightmarish Descent into Nothingness Campbell Mah   Kōji Yakusho in Cure – Daiei Film Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 1997 film Cure refuses to be bound to a single genre. It’s equal parts a police procedural/crime … Read more

Entering the Industry During Super Dark Times An interview with the writers and director of Super Dark Times about their process, understanding your own art, and breaking into the film industry By Melissa Tomczak and Malley Nelson In October 2020, … Read more

Cosmic Rays Film Festival 2020 – Continued Introduction by Josh Martin   Aspect closes out its coverage of the 2020 Cosmic Rays Film Festival with reviews of three compelling and complex films from Alee Peoples, EB Landesberg, and Aaron Zeghers, … Read more

Cosmic Rays Film Festival 2020  Introduction by Josh Martin   Immediately prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, student writers for Aspect: Journal of Film and Screen Media had one last chance for a film festival experience, attending and screening films at … Read more

Euphoria’s Unflinching Analysis of 2020 in its Season Two Premiere: “Trouble Don’t Last Always” Johnathan Brown   Abstract: HBO’s hit show Euphoria (2020 – ) delivers “Trouble Don’t Last Always,” the long-awaited special episode meant to sate fans who are … Read more

Tom Hanks Carries News of the World through Narrative Woes Josh Martin *This review was originally published on Inside the Film Room* Photo credit: Universal Pictures In the years since the runaway critical and commercial success of Captain Phillips, the … Read more

You Made Me Do This: On representation and identity in Friedkin’s Cruising By Melissa Tomczak   Abstract:  William Friedkin’s 1980 Cruising takes place in a New York City that stopped existing only a couple years after the premiere of the … Read more

Blumhouse hits the mark with new horror/comedy Freaky: Review + roundtable interview with Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton By Melissa Tomczak & Malley Nelson   Vaughn and Newton in “Freaky” – Universal Pictures   One cannot emphasize this enough: Freaky … Read more