One of my favourite uses of intertextuality is when a film uses…
Month: June 2020 (page 2)
Fandom is Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)
“Meet Your Maker!” Director Wes Craven found his subjects by reading the…
Self-Aware Cinema: Intertextuality and the Art of Reference
Introduction for the Week What is self-aware cinema? It’s essentially when a…
“You’re the Good Guy Now?”: The Violent Switch in Death of Stalin (2017)
A companion piece to my earlier post (“It’s So Nice to Finally…
“It’s So Nice to Finally Meet You”: The ‘What If’ in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
We already know how Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is going…
“Who’s There?”: Attacking with Sound in Suspiria (1977)
Horror films are interested in what we can see versus what we…
“Witness Me”: Mad Max Fury Road (2015) and the Politics of Violence
Every shot is a choice, you choose to show one thing rather…
Imagined and Unseen Violence in Film
What is imagined violence in a film? It is when a film…
How to Open a TV Show (Umbrella Academy, American Horror Story…)
There is something unique about the first moments in a TV show…
How to Open a Film (Scott Pilgrim, Birds of Prey…)
For this week’s highlight list, I have picked a few memorable intro…