Category: Explorations in Cinema and Communications
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Lenses of Freedom: An Exploration of Third Cinema as a Redefinition of Film
Written by Suchitra Marti for Michael Filtz’s Explorations in Cinema & Communications course. In examining the collective, the artist’s role significantly impacts how we view our reality, a fact long used by vanguards to inspire revolutionary thought. As filmmaking became particularly accessible, this form has transformed into a powerful tool of resistance. As imperial exploitation…
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Disinformation, Scapegoating, and the Weaponization of Fear : Mechanics of Propaganda in Harry Potter, Nazi Germany, and the Trump Era
Written by Neyla El-Euch for Lex Milton’s Explorations in Cinema and Communications course. The desire to convince others of one’s opinions has been an integral part of human communication across time. However, this has resulted in the dissemination of propaganda: the spreading of biased and often misleading information promoting particular political agendas and ideological viewpoints…
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The Power of Wild Imagination
Created by Rex Buatag for Justine McLellan’s Explorations in Cinema and Communications class Rex Buatag discusses childlike imagination through the lens of “Where the Wild Things Are” directed by Spike Jonze, based on the book of the same name by Maurice Sendak.
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Do the Right Thing Love/Hate Scene Analysis
By Imogen Prince, written for Kim Simard’s Explorations in Cinema and Communications class Winner of the Cheryl Simon Writing Award for Subtext’s Winter 2024 issue Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989) takes place in the span of one day in a predominantly Black New York neighborhood during a heatwave. The film centers on a…
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Taylor Swift and the Double Standard of Modern Media
By Emilia Martinez-Zalce Darroch, written for Justine McLellan’s Explorations in Cinema and Communication “I would be complex / I would be cool / They’d say I played the field before I found someone to commit to / And that would be okay for me to do / Every conquest I had made would make me…
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The Rise of Feminist Horror
Written by Lou Tremblay, written for Justine McLellan’s Explorations in Cinema and Communications Winner of the Cheryl Simon Writing Award for Subtext’s Fall 2023 issue It is a well-known fact that the horror genre has not been particularly kind to women. In the past, horror films often have offered tropes, such as the “Final Girl”…
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