Kunal·Jan 30The Architecture of Decline: Vulgarity, Economic Stagnation, and the New “Bread and Circuses”When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments… then a nation finds…
Sarah Elmer·Nov 24, 2025Impacts of the Hays Code on Queer PeopleHow Censorship Shapes Audience’s Understandings
Joseph Kuby·Oct 16, 2025South Korean CensorshipWith it being a recurring theme for a Korean actress to commit suicide, I really question just how liberal that South Korea is. My first…
Pauline Montagna·Feb 27, 2024Getting the Hollywood Treatment: The Strange Affair of Uncle HarryAn obscure film from the Golden Age of Hollywood juggles a moral conundrum: should Uncle Harry get away with murder?
John I. Carney·Jan 13, 2023The Miracle of “The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek”How did this movie get released in 1944? Just be glad it did.A response icon1A response icon1
Pauline Montagna·May 4, 2022David Niven goes a Second Time Around: Why Hollywood remade classic films of the 1930sHollywood is well-known for recycling old material, but it isn’t always for lack of new ideas.
InOld Hat CinemabyP.M. Turner·Apr 20, 2021What the Code Means to Me: Christianity and the CodeA Christian’s view of old-time Hollywood’s Production CodeA response icon1A response icon1
AON·Nov 15, 2020Hello World: Obsession, Oversaturation, Oppression?Are there any Americans who aren’t obsessed with something?
