Essays
Janus Films
The Supernatural in Fellini Films
The occult is a very recurrent and powerful element in Federico Fellini’s imaginary. The depressive mental state that haunted the director since the mid-1950s is worth exploring as a subversive device Read more
Dec 4, 2020
Warner Bros.
Freaks: A Controversial Horror Classic
Freaks is a singular horror film written and directed in 1931 by a former circus artist, Todd Browning, who made a name for himself as the director of several films starring Lon Chaney Sr. Read more
Nov 5, 2020
Variety
Documentaries and the Academy Awards: A Troubled History
Conferring the marketability on the ever-underdog category of documentary film is the gleaming icon of the Oscar. But documentaries, in particular, have had a troubled relationship with the statuette Read more
Nov 6, 2020
Cinema V
Bruce Brown and His Definitive Surf Documentary 'The Endless Summer'
The Endless Summer became a canonical film of the 1960s, and it is still saluted for rescuing the image of surfing Read more
Nov 6, 2020
NBC
NBC's Superstore Values Essential Workers During COVID-19
What makes Superstore so funny is the mass, unfiltered chaos that stems from exposing the injustices that retail workers have always dealt with. This has become more true now that the economy has come to a crash in the middle of a global pandemic Read more
Nov 5, 2020
Inside Out: Growing Up with Pixar
The bittersweet and inevitable farewell to childhood is a prominent Pixar fixture, but Inside Out tackles the painful road to adulthood with deft wisdom, humor, and grace. Read more
Nov 13, 2020
