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We Don’t Need Another Zombie-Killing Hero: Political Horror in Dawn of the Dead (1978)
By Johanna Isaacson | In the age of dying malls and zombie overkill does George Romero’s much discussed Dawn of the… Read more We Don’t Need Another Zombie-Killing Hero: Political Horror in Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Rock ‘n’ Roll Feminist Utopianism in Outer-Space
By Kenan Behzat Sharpe The “new Turkey” seems to have no space for women. Last Friday thousands of people gathered… Read more Rock ‘n’ Roll Feminist Utopianism in Outer-Space
Unseeable Horror in Velvet Buzzsaw
“If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.” — Bertolt Brecht [1] By Madeline Lane-McKinley | In the… Read more Unseeable Horror in Velvet Buzzsaw
Stunted Time: Eldercare and Black Temporality
By Justin Hogg | I. I think about time as my grandmother’s memory fades more and more with each passing… Read more Stunted Time: Eldercare and Black Temporality
Materialism Against Reductionism: On Camfield’s “We Can Do Better”
By Noah Zazanis | From anti-austerity strikes in the UK and Canada, to anti-Trump protests in the US, within the… Read more Materialism Against Reductionism: On Camfield’s “We Can Do Better”
Saturated Crime: Pope.L’s Reenactor
By Rei Terada| i. In Pope.L’s film Reenactor (2012), a continuous loop of almost six hours in its longest version,… Read more Saturated Crime: Pope.L’s Reenactor
Born in Flames: Fictions of White Masculinity, After #MeToo
By Madeline Lane-McKinley | I: The Stories We Tell What an incredible moment to revisit our cultural narratives. What a… Read more Born in Flames: Fictions of White Masculinity, After #MeToo
Queer in the Abyss: The uses of mis-en-abyme from Wavelength to Under the Skin
By JN Hoad | The term ‘mis-en-abyme’ translates from French as ‘placed into abyss’; the concept is used in art… Read more Queer in the Abyss: The uses of mis-en-abyme from Wavelength to Under the Skin
“ghosts on every corner”: An Interview With Writer Justin Sanders
By Wendy Trevino | “Haunting raises specters, and it alters the experience of being in time, the way we separate the… Read more “ghosts on every corner”: An Interview With Writer Justin Sanders
