What’s a Cowboy Without a Cow? Loneliness and Masculinity in Go West“Go West, young man. Go West.”Sep 14, 2023Sep 14, 2023
A Nostalgia for What Could Have Been — Memories and Childlike Wonder in Miike’s Dead or Alive 2…“My narrow world is just the sea and the orphanage.”Aug 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023
Transition into a Sensory Hereafter — Memory and Sensation in After Life“At the time, I searched desperately inside myself for any memories of happiness. Now, fifty years later, I’ve learned I was part of…Jun 21, 2023Jun 21, 2023
A Vacation from One’s Self — Travel and Identity in The Passenger“Going on a holiday? Sort of.”Jun 13, 2023Jun 13, 2023
The Whispering Star — Sensation and MemoryMementos of a world lost drift endlessly through space at the helm of delivery robot Yuko Suzuki of the Suzuki corporation. In Sion Sono’s…Aug 19, 2021Aug 19, 2021
Cops Vs. Thugs — No Honour Among Thieves (or Cops)“Yakuza and cops are just the same. We respect the law instead of a code. We’re the dropouts who couldn’t get good jobs.Aug 2, 2021Aug 2, 2021
Bisexuality as Threat: Shiva BabyAmongst the claustrophobic meetings with family and friends alike at the titular shiva, there exists a toxic undercurrent, one that ensures…Jun 28, 2021Jun 28, 2021
The Shirtless Masculinity of Picnic — Exposing the Insecurity of Hal CarterWilliam Holden’s Hal Carter is a man of many facets but the producers obviously believed that his main selling point was Holden’s bare…Jun 10, 2021Jun 10, 2021
A Collection of Haiku Inspired by Films: Volume OneOccasionally when watching a film, certain phrases jump out to me and as such I note them down and turn them into haiku. Here’s a…Sep 12, 2020Sep 12, 2020
The Power Dynamic of Jean Cocteau’s ‘La Belle et la Bete’Jean Cocteau decided to attempt his hand at adapting the famous fairytale Beauty and the Beast into film in 1946 — using his magical…Sep 1, 2020Sep 1, 2020
