Sex, Blood, and Stereotypes: How X Challenges Horror’s Sex-Negativity
Created by Kayla Rodgers for Justine McLellan’s Cinema Styles course. Kayla Rodgers discusses horror film tropes and stereotypes through X’s subversion of expectations.
Incels are Abusing Women: The Gendered Effects of AI
Created by Athena Bouas for Cheryl Simon’s Communications Theory course. Athena Bouas talks about the ever-expanding use of AI and its roots in misogyny.
Survival Through Dominance in Video Games
Created by Kayliya PS for Magdalena Olzanowski’s Ecocinema: Nature, Bodies, Environments course. Kayliya analyzes the fight for survival between nature and humanity in video games such as Minecraft, the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and more!
Rebirth Through Water: Cinematic Imaginaries of Transformation and Renewal
Created by Andrew Côté for Dipti Gupta’s Film Theory course. Andrew Côté gives examples of the ‘rebirth’ trope and its visual ties with water.
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.
Seen and Not Seen: 1960s and 1970s American Gender Politics
Created by Vassilia Kiakas and Maya Gregoire for Magdalena Olzanowski’s History of Film Production Techniques class Vassilia Kiakas and Maya Gregoire discuss 1960s and 1970s queer representation and gender politics through the lens of horror.
Udigrudi: From Underground to the Surface
Created by Stella Avolio for Magdalena Olzanowski’s History of Film Production Techniques class Stella Avolio explains and analyzes the cinematic movement ‘udigrudi,’ a Brazilian subculture that was active between the 1960s and 1970s.
The Evolution of the Iconic “Flying Warrior Special Effect” in Chinese Cinema
Luke Chau delves into the history of an iconic special effect in Chinese cinema.
Poor Things: A Feminist Analysis
Video Essay submitted in Jesse Hunter’s Film Theory course. Maya Mielenz analyzes the film “Poor Things,” directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, through a feminist lens.
Stepford Wives and the Rebranding of Feminism
Delia Markus explores the difference between the two adaptations of The Stepford Wives and analyzes how feminist theory may be applied to each of them.
Postmodernism & Parody
Morad Zidoune delves into parody films and their embracement of postmodernist film techniques and concepts!
The Model Minority in Film
The Model Minority in Film by Lindsy Mae explores the concept of the Model Minority in film and its perpetuation of harmful stereotypes due to the limited portrayal of Asian characters in mainstream media.
Jordan Peele’s Nope
Created by Kayla Rodgers Kayla Rodgers analyses “The Star Lasso Experience” scene from Jordan Peele’s 2022 Horror/Sci-Fi.
Cultural Differences, Diasporic Cinema in The Farewell
By Clarisse Boutin, created for Justine McLellan’s Media and Society course Click the image or here to watch
Romantic Comedies and Romantic Ideals
By Clarisse Boutin and Arielle Simon-Hamel, created for Justine McLellan’s Media and Society course
Cinema and Behavior
by Sarah Foster, Caleb Gales & Emilia Martinez, created for Justine McLellan’s Media and Society course
Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival and the Critique of Nationalism
By Théo Lambert, created for Justine McLellan’s Media and Society course
Reality Television as a Funhouse Mirror
By Théo Lambert, created for Justine McLellan’s Media and Society course
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