by Cassandra Wagner November 26, 2019 Film The Visual “Joker” Wanted to Start a Conversation About Mental Illness. Here’s Why It Failed Todd Phillips’ Joker captured moviegoers in early October, opening at a record $96 million domestically and later claiming the titleContinue Reading
by S. N. Valadez November 12, 2019 Games The Visual Review: The “Blair Witch” Video Game Strikes Out Many different modes of storytelling have attempted to utilize the story and lore of the 1999 film The Blair WitchContinue Reading
by Claire October 8, 2019 Film The Visual Domestic Violence in Film: The Danger of Abusers as Stereotypes Domestic violence is an epidemic that is slowly earning more media space — but more representation in cinema doesn’t actuallyContinue Reading
by Isabelle Bousquette October 1, 2019 The Visual TV From “Sex and the City” to “Modern Love,” the Newspaper Column Love Story Once Again Finds Home Onscreen Real love stories don’t happen on the rollercoaster of Freytag’s Pyramid. They’re not a fell swoop of rising action andContinue Reading
by Jenni Holtz September 23, 2019 Film The Visual How “Jennifer’s Body” Subverts Horror Narratives and Speaks to the Power of Women As of Sept. 14, 2019, Karyn Kusama’s cult classic Jennifer’s Body is 10 years old. The film holds a specialContinue Reading
by Kendra Stanton Lee September 5, 2019 Film The Visual “Hoop Dreams” is right on time, even 25 years later The documentary “Hoop Dreams” has called to me like a faint echo, growing louder throughout my life, reminding me aboutContinue Reading