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(O/A)bject Desires: Lolita

Like Humbert, we replace Lolita’s inaccessible parts with stories; stories about what kind of girl she is, her boldness, and her frankness, until there are enough words to satisfy the empty spaces.

by Annette Lepique

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Birth of an Empire: Decoding Apocalypse Now

Nation-building, colonialism, and conceptions of home

by Maddie Becker

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The Myth of Dignity, A Diatribe on Shame

Sex is commerce; the commerce part is what makes it hot

by Charlotte Anderson

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Breaching Tomorrow
A Space Odyssey

Kubrick’s appreciation for fashion and design transform his genius masterwork into far more than a futuristic drama.

by Carlie Houser

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Surveillance, Observation, and
The Lives of Others

Created by German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, The Lives of Others melds an in-depth examination of governmental surveillance with Jung’s theory of the persona

by Olivia Giovetti

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Lana Turner, a Vision in White

Beyond noir tendencies to position her character within Hollywood notions of death and desire, Lana’s shifting portrayal of “hyper” femininity throughout The Postman Always Rings Twice reveals a hidden psychology that is nothing if not multidimensional

by Amėl Meghraoua

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Tiny Houses: Beetlejuice, Modernity,
and the Decline of “Good Taste”

In Burton’s fantasy, static objects animate, the shadow world and the “real” world collide, and the limits between life and death blur

by Simona Luciani

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UNMASKING ONIBABA

Set in 14th-Century Japan during a period of civil war, “Onibaba” draws as much from the tradition of Noh Theater as it does from its immediate political context, the aftermath of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

by Charlotte Anderson

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America: A Real Horrorshow

In his groundbreaking horror film, The Shining, Kubrick wields a limited yet suggestive color palette to parody the very foundations of American patriotism

by Carlie Houser

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Jean Seberg: The Wrong Story

A testament to the potentially destructive power of narrative and the dark outcomes that can occur when truth and myth intermingle

by Simona Luciani

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