Film Noir in One Film Image
Lincoln Center to present 17-film retrospective “Robert Siodmak: Dark Visionary” Dec.11-19 No less than eight of your critic’s favorite 1940s…
Essays
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“Saturday Night” Celebrates the Independent Spirit of Comedy
The film “Saturday Night” tells the spectacular behind-the-scenes tale of the 90 minutes before the first ever show of Saturday Night Live went live on air. A whirlwind of chaos, and a sprint until the end, the film perfectly captures what has kept SNL a cultural phenomenon for half a century: its independent spirit.
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Shredding Stereotypes: How the Ninja Turtles Reshaped Themselves for a New Era
Issue Three: The Next Mutation Edited by Francisco Viana 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles…
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Thirsting for the Forbidden: Dissecting the Monstrous Feminine
“The female vampire is abject because she disrupts identity and order; driven by her lust for blood, she does not…
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How the Ninja Turtles Mutated from Sewer Creatures to Superstars
Issue Two: Out of the Shadows Edited by Francisco Viana Comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird could hardly…
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From Mirage to Millions: The 40 Year Journey of the TMNT
Issue One: Turtle Power Edited by Francisco Viana In November of 1983, in the dingy living room of two aspiring…
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Dare to Dream: Unveiling the Magic of Independent Filmmaking
At Sundance 2020, Scott Turner Schofield posed a question that changed my life: if I was passionate about film, why…
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The Unapologetically Camp, Sapphic Spy Film: D.E.B.S.
Through the years, Hollywood has produced an infinite amount of espionage films. These films have essentially all been the same:…
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Possessed by Puberty: Dissecting the Monstrous Feminine
“In order to enter the symbolic order, the subject must reject or repress all forms of behaviour, speech and modes…
