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Today, Earth Day, marks yet another landmark year of global environmental inaction. Though the conversation has thankfully shifted toward highlighting the very real threats climate change and ecological degradation, little to no progress has been made in terms of policy and concrete global action. In this piece I reflect on the potential reasoning behind this phenomenon in response to an article which aptly explains the gravity of our situation.
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Frame from Unfriended (2014)
Dissecting Unfriended (2014) and its innovative interfacing with the theory of Bazinian realism. The film’s unique status as a “desktop film” opens up a wealth of questions regarding the future of cinematic realism in the digital age.
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Frame from Leviathan (2012)
An “anthropological” look at the 2012 film Leviathan. The intensely observational documentary illuminates the horror and devastation wrought by the industrial fishing industry through it’s intensely de-humanized cinematography. In this piece, we engage with anthropological texts and film theory.
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