Tied to the feminist movements of the 1960s and 1970s, feminist film theory critiques the portrayal of women in film, the male gaze, and the ways in which cinematic techniques shape audience perception of gender. By examining both classical Hollywood cinema and contemporary film, feminist theory seeks to expose and dismantle patriarchal ideologies embedded within the medium.

Us film people are not a pretty race. We aren’t tan because we bask in the glow of monitors. We aren’t fit because we’re sitting down most of the day. The healthiest thing we eat is popcorn. Most of us smell like moth balls. Some have us have been described as “Morlock adjacent.” Socially speaking, we do a little better because we have The Flicks and the occasional festival, but even then, you have to go: “Is this as cool…

For a particularly aggravating type of human, policing the purchase of luxury items by those on food stamps is a hobby, bordering on fetish. They glare at their carts, accusatory eyes wide at the forbidden items: lobster, caviar, whiskey, New York Strip Steaks, sushi. These sad, sad people have little to offer the world, so they take it out on poor people.

As creatures of memory, we as a species live in a space occupied by the past and present, fluctuating between our objective and subjective realities simultaneously. Often, we imagine a romanticized past to escape the tribulations of the contemporary present. Alice Rohrwacher’s recent phantasmic oeuvre La Chimera envisions an antiquated protagonist who despondently drifts through his old haunts where the past gnaws at him with harrowing temptation.

Apparatus theory theory was a dominant film theory during the 1970s, rooted in Marxist, psychoanalytic, and structuralist thought. It examines how the cinematic experience shapes viewers’ perceptions and ideologies, arguing that film is not merely a neutral medium but an ideological tool that reinforces dominant power structures.

David Cronenberg is one of the few Canadian directors who have generated a lasting impact in cinema over the past 50 years. His auteurist vision, as one of the originators and leading purveyors of the body horror genre, has gained him reverence as well as notoriety.

The history of color in film is a story of technological innovation, artistic exploration, and the gradual evolution of cinema. While modern audiences are accustomed to vibrant color in films, this evolution was a long process marked by experiments and technical breakthroughs.

Arthouse film refers to a category of cinema known for its artistic and experimental nature, usually produced outside the major film studio system. These films prioritize artistic expression over commercial appeal, and are associated with independent filmmaking. They are frequently screened at film festivals and specialized theaters rather than mainstream cinemas.

Postmodernist film emerged in the latter half of the 20th century, rooted in the broader cultural and philosophical movement of postmodernism. It started as a reaction to the limitations and failures of modernism, particularly after the social upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s. Spanning various fields, including art, literature, architecture, and cinema, postmodernism aimed to question the norms of its time and embrace new forms of expressions.