Batman’s third and fourth cinematic outings are frequently side-lined, and in the case of Batman and Robin is considered, by many poll found online, as the worst film ever made.
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Quills and The Libertine
by Jessica Pyle Discussing how the films Quills and The Libertine challenge and alter the heritage film debate. A certain cycle of films made in Britain in the 1980s have been classified by critics as heritage films, films which use "an English, southern middle class past” and rich period detail and settings in order to allow middle … Continue reading Quills and The Libertine
Batman: Gothic in Gotham City
My writing on Batman returns, with my second part looking at the Tim Burton era of the Batman film adaptations.
The Other
The extent the Italian zombie and cannibal exploitation films use the zombie/cannibal as Other and other techniques to explore Italian political and social tensions of the time with particular focus on Cannibal Holocaust and Zombie Flesh Eaters.
Being and Seeing
Hannibal Lecter, as the major reoccurring character across both Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon, links the two films and their two protagonists in a very specific way; he uses the very process of psychoanalysis to analyse them from within the films themselves as critics do so from outside.
Tokyo Gore Police, Meatball Machine and the Consumption of Japan
A close analysis of the films Tokyo Gore Police and Meatball Machine which exposes a cultural identity crisis caused by Japan’s rapid and sometimes unwelcome Westernisation. By Jessica Pyle. As a country which has gone through many cultural changes in a relatively short period of time Japan has found itself in the position of having … Continue reading Tokyo Gore Police, Meatball Machine and the Consumption of Japan
Thoughts on Clothing and Costume
By Jessica Pyle An interesting article popped up on my Facebook today found here. While I found the article a little shallow or perhaps because of that fact it immediately started my brain whizzing off in a million directions in considering the choker or collar as an item of clothing and a fashion statement of which … Continue reading Thoughts on Clothing and Costume
Batman, Batman, Batman!
Batman still has the ability to change drastically from one incarnation to the next and still manage to hold great power, humour and success.
Strange Sexualities in Literature
Sexual desire in both texts are both extremely prevalent, but are not widely acknowledged
Six great science fiction books for beginners.
by Stuart Frazer Recently my book cub decided to become a science fiction book club for a change but mostly to give the members who wouldn’t necessarily read a science fiction novel chance to try a genre out of their comfort zone. It worked to varying degrees of success some being more effective than … Continue reading Six great science fiction books for beginners.
Punk Academia. 