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Essays

Strength of Character

With a catalog of unforgettable roles, the Coen Brothers find depth and humor in banal modernity

by Carlie Houser

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Essays

In the Mood for Love: Elegant Pain

Kar-Wai captures an impossible romance against the exquisite backdrop of an evolving Hong Kong

by Simona Luciani

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Essays

Candy Is A Modern Discourse on Original Sin

Love, heroin, and determinism in a life that imitates art

by Carlie Houser

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Bad Romance: Phantom Thread

Paul Thomas Anderson’s beautiful and bizarre Phantom Thread tells the story of lovers unable to give and receive as equals in an unstable power dynamic

by Amber Hurwitz

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Essays

American Psycho:
Looks That Kill

It’s hip to be square

by Carlie Houser

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Essays

Athleisure, Class,
and Good Will Hunting

Through clearly delineated fashion choices, Good Will Hunting creates a visual grammar that lays bare the tension between academic elites and the working-class of Boston

by Tara Wanda Merrigan

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Clothing Makes the Clown:
Diane Keaton’s Drag

Following in the footsteps of actresses like Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, and Hepburn, Keaton’s costuming exemplifies shifting aesthetics in the wake of second-wave feminism

by Peter Piatkowski

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The Immortal Appeal of Gilda

A film that evokes all the visual and narrative elements associated with Film Noir, while inverting its most definitive feature: the threat that femininity poses to masculinity

by Amėl Meghraoua

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Essays

Ultra-violence: Power and
Politics in A Clockwork Orange

Influenced by the Mod movement of the 1960s (itself, a reaction to post-war, free love sentiments), the ‘Droogs’ iconic costume designs pay homage to fascist subculture

by Rachel Holmes

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Mono No Aware:
Only Lovers Left Alive

Jim Jarmusch’s ode to boredom in eternal life, high art, and Bohemia everlasting

by Gabriella Lacombe

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