Ben WarnockWhat’s a Cowboy Without a Cow? Loneliness and Masculinity in Go West“Go West, young man. Go West.”10 min read·Sep 14, 2023----
Ben WarnockA 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.”11 min read·Aug 11, 2023----
Ben WarnockTransition 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…4 min read·Jun 21, 2023----
Ben WarnockA Vacation from One’s Self — Travel and Identity in The Passenger“Going on a holiday? Sort of.”9 min read·Jun 13, 2023----
Ben WarnockThe 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…5 min read·Aug 19, 2021----
Ben WarnockCops 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.5 min read·Aug 2, 2021----
Ben WarnockBisexuality as Threat: Shiva BabyAmongst the claustrophobic meetings with family and friends alike at the titular shiva, there exists a toxic undercurrent, one that ensures…4 min read·Jun 28, 2021----
Ben WarnockThe 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…5 min read·Jun 10, 2021----
Ben WarnockA 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…2 min read·Sep 12, 2020----
Ben WarnockThe 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…5 min read·Sep 1, 2020----