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Category: Politics & Film

Joker’s Distinction from Reality and Neutral Tone Regarding Mass Violence

December 14, 2020 hudmoura

by Szymon Grabinski Introduction Films have the power to create powerful messages and can affect the stability of society. These…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: Drama, Joker, Todd Phillips

Parasite: A Social Commentary About the Deceptive Perspective of the Elite and Misfortunate

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Sophie Diego Introduction The ideology of social equity among all social classes will oftentimes paint a picture of a politically…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: Bong Joon Ho, Comedy, Oscar, Parasite, Thriller

The Tragic Lives of Fantastic Women An Analysis of the Misrepresentation of Transgender Women in Film

February 21, 2020 hudmoura

by Madison Cumerlato Introduction Despite the overwhelming surge in support for LGBTQ+ relations within the last decade, film as a…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: A Fantastic Woman, Drama, Sebastian Lelio

If Beale Street Could Talk: Stillness and Colour as Methods of Storytelling

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by Matthew Major Introduction In 1974 The novel If Beale Street Could Talk (Beale Street) was released by author James…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin

Violence, Liberal Critiques, and Neoliberal Ideology in Todd Phillips’s Joker

February 19, 2020 hudmoura

by Ellen Reade Introduction Joker is a dark, gritty, realistic take on the origin story of The Joker from the…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: Joker, Todd Phillips

A Fantastic Women: Transgender Representation in Film

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Richard Joseph Mienkowski Introduction Since it’s conception, film has been a means of starting social and political conversations. One of…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: A Fantastic Woman

Subtleness of a Black Love Story in If Beale Street Could Talk

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Paloma Torres Introduction For centuries, the African-American community has been targeted through years of slavery, racism and systematic oppression in…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin, Laura U. Marks

Destruction of Reality: Told Through Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

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by Donna Militar Introduction ‘The world is deathly ill’ is an idea and statement that people around the world have…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: Anthropocene

Joker’s Mass Violence: Reality vs. Neutral Tone

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Szymon Grabinski Introduction Films have the power to create powerful messages and can affect the stability of society. These messages…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: Joker, Todd Phillips

Politics and Film Series: Atlantics

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Date: Friday, February 28th, 2020 Time: 6:30 – 9:30 pm Local: ENG103 George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre (245 Church…

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Posted in: Events, Politics & Film Filed under: Atlantics, Politics & Film Series

Silence = Mort: A Critical Analysis of Minority Representation through Robin Campillo’s 120 BPM

November 5, 2019 hudmoura

by Ariel Hugues Social institutions can construct harmful stigmas within minority groups, based on an absence of understanding and destructive…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: 120 BPM, Robin Campillo

Call Me by Your Name: When Political Influence Transcends Political Agenda

November 4, 2019 hudmoura

by Isabelle Kirkwood In the brief history of gay cinema, directors, particularly in mainstream Hollywood, have faced a dilemma of…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: Call me by your name, gay films, gay representation

Minority Representation in Crazy Rich Asians

November 3, 2019 hudmoura

by Ryan Costa Discrimination and prejudice among minorities stem mainly from differences in religions, ethnicities, ideologies, and cultures. Within these cultural…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: Crazy Rich Asians

Sorry to Bother You: A Conscious Message in a Subconscious Medium

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by Lucas Lee In 1993, a hip-hop band called The Coup released their first studio album. Titled Kill My Landlord,…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: Boots Riley, capitalism, racism, Sorry to Bother You

Politics and Film Series: The Insult

November 2, 2019 hudmoura

Date: Friday, November 15th Time: 6:30 – 9:30 pm Local: ENG103 George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre (245 Church Street)…

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Posted in: Events, Media & Politics, Politics & Film, Screening & Debate

Crazy Rich Global Audience: Americanizing Asian Narratives

October 30, 2019 hudmoura

by Yasmine Mirkovic Crazy Rich Asians, directed by Jon M. Chu, and based upon the bestselling novel by Kevin Kwan,…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: Crazy Rich Asians

Stall(worth) Gives it Him All Minority Representation in Film

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by Tyra Anderson Minority representation has been a longstanding area of discussion in film. Elizabeth Haas poses four major keys…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: Black culture, BlacKkKlansman, racism, Spike Lee

Use of Cinematographic devices to convey political content and intent in “All the President’s Men”

October 14, 2019 hudmoura

by Benjamin Premi-Reiller The movie All the President’s Men portrays a real-life story of the investigative reporting by two journalists,…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: 1970s, Alan J. Pakula, All the President’s Men, Benjamin Premi-Reiller, Cold War, jornalism, Nixon, Watergate Scandal

Dissection of an Evil Power. Critical Review of “The World According to Monsanto

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by Adham Ghandour In 1901 the original Monsanto company was founded and with it began a century of controversy regarding…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: Adham Ghandour, Monsanto

Apocalypse Now: The Darkening Emotional Distress Behind War

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by Viktoria Sapanovich “In this war, things get confused out there—power, ideals, the old morality, and practical military necessity…because there’s…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: Apocalipse Now, Francis Ford Coppola, Viktoria Sapanovich

Metropolis: An Illustration of the Consequences of Modernity

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by April Chin Modernization is the transition from a pre-modernistic, agrarian, to an industrialized, ‘modern’ society. Societies grow and evolve…

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Posted in: Essay, Politics & Film Filed under: April Chin, Fritz Lang, Metropolis

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