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    Unhuman Habitats: The Works and Worlds of Franz Kafka
    Raphaël Duhamel
    • Mar 15

    Unhuman Habitats: The Works and Worlds of Franz Kafka

    There are few writers who are as infamously cruel to their characters as Franz Kafka.
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    The Donkey, the Horse, and the Human Condition: Nihilism in Au Hasard Balthazar and The Turin Horse
    Sasho Pshenko
    • Mar 1

    The Donkey, the Horse, and the Human Condition: Nihilism in Au Hasard Balthazar and The Turin Horse

    Two bleak and philosophical films centering around mysterious animals provide us with a prism through which to view our own human world.
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    Trapped Inside the Castle: Finding Kafka and Nausea in Spencer
    Sasho Pshenko
    • Jan 24

    Trapped Inside the Castle: Finding Kafka and Nausea in Spencer

    Sasho Pshenko explores Spencer and how its depiction of Princess Diana bears a striking resemblance to the Kafkaesque world.
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    A Very Modern Monster: On Hannibal Lecter
    Elliot Jordan
    • Dec 3, 2021

    A Very Modern Monster: On Hannibal Lecter

    Elliot Jordan revisits the Hannibal Lecter series and argues for it as not only great literature but the ultimate modern fairytale.
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    Lamb and the Double-Edged Sword of Ambitious Filmmaking
    Sasho Pshenko
    • Nov 11, 2021

    Lamb and the Double-Edged Sword of Ambitious Filmmaking

    Valdimar Jóhannsson’s debut thriller Lamb (2021) has been hailed by critics for its bleak cinematography and strange, dreadful suspense.
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    The Eternal Potency of The Master and Margarita’s Passive Resistance
    Sasho Pshenko
    • Oct 21, 2021

    The Eternal Potency of The Master and Margarita’s Passive Resistance

    Sasho Pshenko revisits The Master and Margarita and finds in it a guide, of sorts, to an unexpected form of resistance: passivity.
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    The Girl, the Home, the Night, and Ana Lily Amirpour’s Glorious Cinematic Vampirism
    Sasho Pshenko
    • Oct 11, 2021

    The Girl, the Home, the Night, and Ana Lily Amirpour’s Glorious Cinematic Vampirism

    Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a revelry of cinematic styles and innovation.
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    Life, Art, and Imitation in Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-Up
    Sasho Pshenko
    • Aug 23, 2021

    Life, Art, and Imitation in Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-Up

    Sasho Pshenko dives into Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-Up and shows us why any attempt to separate truth from deception is missing the point.
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    The Self-Defeating Nature of Experimental Films
    Sasho Pshenko
    • Aug 4, 2021

    The Self-Defeating Nature of Experimental Films

    What does it mean for experimental film, differentiated from its commercial counterpart by its ability to break rules, to go “too far”?
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    Youssef Chahine’s Egypt in Seven Movies
    Lily Ekimian & Ahmed Ragheb
    • Jul 27, 2021

    Youssef Chahine’s Egypt in Seven Movies

    Dive into seven of Egyptian director Youssef Chahine's quintessential films to understand this most enigmatic of filmmakers.
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    America in Miniature: Exploring Ed Simon’s An Alternative History of Pittsburgh
    Lily Ekimian
    • Jul 20, 2021

    America in Miniature: Exploring Ed Simon’s An Alternative History of Pittsburgh

    Ed Simon’s new book, An Alternative History of Pittsburgh, takes an idiosyncratic and fresh look at the origins of the Steel City.
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    Moving Through the Worlds of Christian Petzold’s Phoenix
    Sasho Pshenko
    • Jul 7, 2021

    Moving Through the Worlds of Christian Petzold’s Phoenix

    Explore Phoenix’s undeniable links to Hitchcock’s Vertigo and the kinetic and psychic movement of characters through the worlds of both.
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    Eight Epic Novels to Throw Yourself into This Summer
    Elliot Jordan
    • Jul 1, 2021

    Eight Epic Novels to Throw Yourself into This Summer

    The weather is finally warmer and the days finally longer; with summer upon us, Elliot Jordan compiles a list of eight incredible novels.
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    Is The Father a Pointless Circle?
    Sasho Pshenko
    • Jun 12, 2021

    Is The Father a Pointless Circle?

    Sasho Pshenko examines The Father from the perspective of its narrative structure and tries to determine if critical praise has misplaced.
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    The Man with the Wind at His Heels: On Wolf Hall
    Elliot Jordan
    • Jun 12, 2021

    The Man with the Wind at His Heels: On Wolf Hall

    Elliot Jordan reads the Wolf Hall trilogy and grows to sympathize with the unexpectedly progressive and otherwise unsavory Thomas Cromwell.
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    Braddock According to Buba: The Frank Filmmaking of Lightning Over Braddock
    Lily Ekimian
    • Apr 28, 2021

    Braddock According to Buba: The Frank Filmmaking of Lightning Over Braddock

    Tony Buba spent his career filming his hometown of Braddock, PA. Lily Ekimian looks back at Lightning Over Braddock and its brutal honesty.
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    Storytelling in a World “Without God”
    Jake Kendall
    • Nov 13, 2020

    Storytelling in a World “Without God”

    Explore György Lukács’ assertion that irony is the highest freedom in a world without God through an examination of Madame Bovary.
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    N. K. Jemisin’s Recipes for Here-and-Now
    Victor Rees
    • Nov 8, 2020

    N. K. Jemisin’s Recipes for Here-and-Now

    While food has long been a potent conveyor of nostalgia, explore how the work of N. K. Jemisin may turn our gaze towards the future.
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    Class Struggles in Fairyland: Strange Evil and War for the Oaks
    Victor Rees
    • Oct 5, 2020

    Class Struggles in Fairyland: Strange Evil and War for the Oaks

    Explore the politics of fantasy novels in exploring Strange Evil and War for the Oaks, and how both have been overshadowed by Tolkien.
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    The Philosophy of I’m Thinking of Ending Things
    Raphaël Duhamel
    • Sep 19, 2020

    The Philosophy of I’m Thinking of Ending Things

    From Nietzsche to Schopenhauer, Raphaël Duhamel explores the philosophical discourse in Charlie Kaufman’s latest film.
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