Thoughts On
Here are all of the long form essays that are posted on the blog, all of which will be over 750 words long.
Now-401 | 400-376 | 375-351 | 350-326 | 325-301 | 300-276 | 275-251 | 250-226 | 225-201 | 200-176 | 175-151 | 150-126
125-101 | 100-76 | 75-51 | 50-26 | 25-1
Await Further Instructions - The Evil Spirits In The Television
Us - A Mire Of Many Possible Readings
Border - In Human
SDU: Sex Duties Unit - Defiance In A Libidinal Adventure?
Thoroughbreds - Act Without Intention
How It Ends - Limitations & False Cutesyness
The House That Jack Built - Can Art Be Destructive?
Image In Motion - Autonomy Over The Cinematic Space
Roma - Allegory Of Self
The Favourite - The Lanthimos Film?
Creed II - Cinema At First Sight
Bleach - Depth Symbology: The Phallus Fallacy
Taxi Driver: Oko Ashewo - Out Of The Underworld
WALL-E - Value In Responsibility (REWIND)
Creed - Where Is The Melodrama?
The Cabin In The Woods - Why Watch Horror Films
Bao/Jung/Sign/Symbol/Film - Semantic vs. Semiotic Readings
The Night Comes For Us - Fight For Your Soul?
She's Gotta Have It - The Failing Of Photogénie
Illang: The Wolf Brigade - Tragic, Hero
How Cinema Works (Expanded)
Dreamgirls - Melos: Art As Embarrassment
The Ontology Of The Photographic Image - Realism
Approaching Epstein - Photogénie & Lyrosophie
Top Gun - Contrivance: Manipulative Soundtracks & Literal Melodrama
Venom - Superhero Movies: Characters & Melodrama
The Coen Bros Hero Narrative Pt. III
The Coen Bros Hero Narrative Pt. II
The Coen Bros Hero Narrative Pt. I
Crazy Rich Asians - Something Familiar
Gerald's Game - Eclipse
Medium Cool - In Search Of Cassavetes
Solo: A Star Wars Story - The Star Wars Genre?
Pinch Me - Happy Apathy In The Hyper-Normal
Planet Earth II - The Two Forms Of Spectacle: Is Planet Earth A Documentary?
Beau Travail - Losing Light And Drowning
The Possessed: Part II - For The Fear Of God
Genre, Structure & Cinematic Spacetime Part III
Genre, Structure & Cinematic Spacetime Part II
Genre, Structure & Cinematic Spacetime Part I
I Saw The Devil - In Search Of Humanity
Hans In Luck - Too Stupid To Be Wise?
The Hunger Games - Impressionism: Why Book Adaptations Fail
The Two Principals Of Narrative - Formal Music Part II
The Two Principals Of Narrative - Formal Music Part I
The Young Girls Of Rochefort - The Art-Musical
Tomb Raider - Objective & Subjective Drama
Giuseppe Arcimboldo - Art In Association
Pulgasari - Tyranny In The System
Black Swan - Suffering Innocence
Narrative Centres
How Cinema Works
The Jungle Book - Live-Action?
The Possessed: Part 1 - Worrying Pretence
Bouguereau: Select Paintings
Singin' In The Rain - The Function Of The Number In A Musical
Deadpool 2 - Using Structural Dead Space
The Fantastic - The Limits Of Interpretation: What Is A True Allegory?
Kwaidan - The Limitations Of Anthology Horror
Skyscraper/Die Hard - Quality Via Structure
The Functions Of Dramatis Personae - Concept-Object Reduction
The Stanford Prison Experiment - The Rain & The Rainbow
Captain America: Civil War - Resolution?
Known & Unknown Mimesis: Projection & Drama
Every Year In Film #37 - Making A Living
Subjective & Objective Projection
The Harder They Come - Crime, Punishment & Insight
The Nights Of Cabiria - Tragedy: Italian Neorealism vs. Aristotle
Modern Times/Playtime - Chaos In Modernity
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem - Possessed By Law
Kinetta/Dogtooth/Alps/The Lobster/The Killing Of A Sacred Deer - Chaos As The Norm
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Change & The Presentation Of Death
Ready Player One - The Game Of The Creator
Projection & Possession - What is Photogénie?
The Grand Illusion - As Unconscious Truth Rises...
125-101 | 100-76 | 75-51 | 50-26 | 25-1
Await Further Instructions - The Evil Spirits In The Television
Us - A Mire Of Many Possible Readings
Border - In Human
SDU: Sex Duties Unit - Defiance In A Libidinal Adventure?
Thoroughbreds - Act Without Intention
How It Ends - Limitations & False Cutesyness
The House That Jack Built - Can Art Be Destructive?
Image In Motion - Autonomy Over The Cinematic Space
Roma - Allegory Of Self
The Favourite - The Lanthimos Film?
Creed II - Cinema At First Sight
Bleach - Depth Symbology: The Phallus Fallacy
Taxi Driver: Oko Ashewo - Out Of The Underworld
WALL-E - Value In Responsibility (REWIND)
Creed - Where Is The Melodrama?
The Cabin In The Woods - Why Watch Horror Films
Bao/Jung/Sign/Symbol/Film - Semantic vs. Semiotic Readings
The Night Comes For Us - Fight For Your Soul?
She's Gotta Have It - The Failing Of Photogénie
Illang: The Wolf Brigade - Tragic, Hero
How Cinema Works (Expanded)
Dreamgirls - Melos: Art As Embarrassment
The Ontology Of The Photographic Image - Realism
Approaching Epstein - Photogénie & Lyrosophie
Top Gun - Contrivance: Manipulative Soundtracks & Literal Melodrama
Venom - Superhero Movies: Characters & Melodrama
The Coen Bros Hero Narrative Pt. III
The Coen Bros Hero Narrative Pt. II
The Coen Bros Hero Narrative Pt. I
Crazy Rich Asians - Something Familiar
Gerald's Game - Eclipse
Medium Cool - In Search Of Cassavetes
Solo: A Star Wars Story - The Star Wars Genre?
Pinch Me - Happy Apathy In The Hyper-Normal
Planet Earth II - The Two Forms Of Spectacle: Is Planet Earth A Documentary?
Beau Travail - Losing Light And Drowning
The Possessed: Part II - For The Fear Of God
Genre, Structure & Cinematic Spacetime Part III
Genre, Structure & Cinematic Spacetime Part II
Genre, Structure & Cinematic Spacetime Part I
I Saw The Devil - In Search Of Humanity
Hans In Luck - Too Stupid To Be Wise?
The Hunger Games - Impressionism: Why Book Adaptations Fail
The Two Principals Of Narrative - Formal Music Part II
The Two Principals Of Narrative - Formal Music Part I
The Young Girls Of Rochefort - The Art-Musical
Tomb Raider - Objective & Subjective Drama
Giuseppe Arcimboldo - Art In Association
Pulgasari - Tyranny In The System
Black Swan - Suffering Innocence
Narrative Centres
How Cinema Works
The Jungle Book - Live-Action?
The Possessed: Part 1 - Worrying Pretence
Bouguereau: Select Paintings
Singin' In The Rain - The Function Of The Number In A Musical
Deadpool 2 - Using Structural Dead Space
The Fantastic - The Limits Of Interpretation: What Is A True Allegory?
Kwaidan - The Limitations Of Anthology Horror
Skyscraper/Die Hard - Quality Via Structure
The Functions Of Dramatis Personae - Concept-Object Reduction
The Stanford Prison Experiment - The Rain & The Rainbow
Captain America: Civil War - Resolution?
Known & Unknown Mimesis: Projection & Drama
Every Year In Film #37 - Making A Living
Subjective & Objective Projection
The Harder They Come - Crime, Punishment & Insight
The Nights Of Cabiria - Tragedy: Italian Neorealism vs. Aristotle
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem - Possessed By Law
Kinetta/Dogtooth/Alps/The Lobster/The Killing Of A Sacred Deer - Chaos As The Norm
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Change & The Presentation Of Death
Ready Player One - The Game Of The Creator
Projection & Possession - What is Photogénie?
The Grand Illusion - As Unconscious Truth Rises...
Now-401 | 400-376 | 375-351 | 350-326 | 325-301 300-276 | 275-251 | 250-226 | 225-201 | 200-176 | 175-151 | 150-126
125-101 | 100-76 | 75-51 | 50-26 | 25-1
125-101 | 100-76 | 75-51 | 50-26 | 25-1
