Jordan O'Shea·Sep 18The Language Before CinemaExplore how linguistic relativity shapes national cinema. by Jordan O’Shea
InILLUMINATIONbyMichael Lawson·Jul 4The Sicily That Created the MafiaWhat happened when I tried to write the first mafioso into Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard?
InILLUMINATIONbyMichael Lawson·Jun 23Perspective Is How a Story Is FeltHow Player Choice Challenges Auteur Theory and Rewrites AuthorshipA response icon1A response icon1
Anthony J. De Franco·Jun 3Watch the Tape, Bro — How My Philosophy On Football was Born in 2014 (and then reborn in 2026.)In the year of our lord 2014, The New York Giants hired Ben McAdoo as their Offensive Coordinator.
A. J Kumar·May 23Beyond the Screen: Understanding Film Aspect Ratios 101I’m writing this blog to share some of my learnings on film aspect ratios and how they changed from the early silent era to the present. I…A response icon1A response icon1
Jordan Lee Cipriano·Apr 10Scream, Survive, Repeat: “It’s happening again!” Trauma in the sequel.Unpacking Trauma, Resilience, and Reclamation through Horror Films.
Shannuinthemargins·Feb 19Who Gets to Age on Screen?Gender, Stardom, and the politics of longevity in Cinema
Tom Rochette·Jan 29Does Avatar 3 Fail to Think Through Colonization?I left Avatar 3: Fire and Ash with a strange feeling. Visually, there’s no denying it, the film is breathtaking. James Cameron once again…
Tom Rochette·Jan 29Avatar 3 échoue-t-il à penser la colonisation ?Je suis sorti de Avatar 3 : De feu et de cendres avec un sentiment étrange. Visuellement, il n’y a pas à dire, le film est époustouflant…
Alyosha Horoshaya·Jan 22Notes on The Cinema of Me: Construction of the Self in a Personal DocumentarySooner or later, anyone who works with autobiographical documentary cinema encounters the essay collection The Cinema of Me, edited by…