Material Ghosts: On Film & Memory

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Beyond POV: Sound and Paradox in Film
For July's FilmStack Challenge
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No Film Has Captured Southern Ambivalence Better Than Junebug
For its 20th anniversary, a labyrinthine look back at the film and at the rankling emotional wounds we suffer at the expense of things left unsaid.
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Want to Improve the Moviegoing Experience? Start by Losing the Recliners.
Plush auditoriums are great, but they shove smaller films to the margins
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Holding the American West to Its Promises
In 'On Swift Horses,' Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi seek to carve out spaces for themselves in an uneven, queer two-hander.
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A Dispatch from My Sick Bed
Notes from a Movie Marathon, Brought to You by COVID-19
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The Gospel According to Movieguide
Decoding the Bullshit of One of the Culture Wars' Most Insidious Operators
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Watching : Listening
Diegetic Music and Character Revelation
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Material Ghosts: On Film & Memory
Material Ghosts: On Film & Memory
Personal essays and longform criticism on film and memory, identity and place, from a former Film Studies academic.
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