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Who would have thought the embodiment of Satan would be seen as a pop culture icon in 2018, and his return to screens would bring a new outlook on the role of women in media.
Sullivan’s Travels may not quickly come to mind when watching Monsters, Inc., but after examining both films, there is a connection in not only their themes but their structures as well.
Misogynistic, anti-feminist, or simply a portrayal of women being intricate and completely human? An analysis of female psychopaths in cinema.
Lily, Amanda, Spencer, and Warren are all a bit bored. School sucks. Growing up isn’t easy. So they join the canon of bored white folks who look that boredom in the eye and turn to violence.
One of the coolest fields of magic in Harry Potter is that of transfiguration: turning one thing into another. How does it relate to real life science?
The Favourite may be Lanthimos’ most crowd pleasing work yet, but it doesn’t shy from showing the doomed reality of chasing power.
A happy accident spit out the low-budget Hollywood machine, Teen Witch is compelling in a way that no individual person could pull off on their own.
From the brooding Dark Knight through the bulk of the MCU and into the Spider-Verse, the superhero spectrum showcases the many ways in which the genre can adapt and evolve.
Within the past year, Netflix has released a slew of Christmas movies to their platform; we take a look at this rising trend in streaming.
It’s been ten years since massive AMC hit Breaking Bad took to the screens and masterminded its way into television history, and it hasn’t begun to lose its luster yet.
If the Fantastic Beasts films are going to recapture the magic of Harry Potter, they need to focus on where their true magic lies, and that might be with one man named Jacob Kowalski.
We take a look at the sexualisation of the women in Mad Max: Fury Road and Thelma & Louise, two feminist films – not to vilify, but to offer insight into their subliminal messaging.
As anime becomes increasingly mainstream in the west, Film Inquiry’s Christina Tucker examines the past and potential future of the genre.
Tarkovsky’s Ivan’s Childhood, perhaps more than any other film, shows the complexities of dreams, here shown through the eyes of a childhood experiencing the trauma of war.
Sergio Leone compiled everything great about Westerns in Once Upon a Time in the West, and created as distinctive an entry as the world had ever seen.