Author: Bridget Kies
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“Beyond the Riverbend”: Examining Colonialism and Cultural Sensitivity in POCAHONTAS
The media I chose to cover for my final project is the animated film Pocahontas, released by Walt Disney Pictures in 1995. The film is based on the historical figure Pocahontas, a Powhatan woman who happens to be the daughter of the tribe’s chieftain. This musical historical drama also demonstrates Pocahontas’s reaction to the arrival…
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The Impact of New Queer Cinema on the Late 90s and Early 2000s by Ana Gjorgjevski
Going to the movie theater or turning on your TV and being face-to-face with an openly queer character is a recent development. Regardless of anyone’s opinions on queer and LGBTQ+ representation, the question of how we got to this point is intriguing. Some of the answers lie within a movement from the early 90s: New…
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Repurposing the Past: Intertextuality and Satire in De Palma’s PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, BODY DOUBLE, and THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES by Justin Macy
In a career lasting from 1968 (when his earliest features were released) to 2019, (with his most recent film Domino) Brian De Palma has worked with a variety of forms, genres, and themes. De Palma started out making experimental films and anti-establishment comedies before he found great success with Hitchcockian thrillers, and then moved into…
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Reassessing Remakes: Analyses of Diversity and Representation in Live-Action Remakes Compared to Their Animated Counterparts by Jazzlyn Cotton
The trend of remaking animated films in live-action has become increasingly popular in the past decade. When looking at Walt Disney Productions, for example, the remakes of Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Jungle Book have been box office successes. There are no signs of this trend slowing down, with live-action film adaptations of…
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Censorship of ROPE: Conformity vs. Hitchcock by Katie Reid
The world has changed dramatically since 1948, and so have the cultural and social norms. These changes and new approaches to different topics, like people’s sexuality and religion, have also translated into the world of film. What once was unacceptable to speak of on screen may now be normal to hear in movie theaters. For…
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Jordan Peele’s Easter Eggs by Sarah Almi
Following his directorial debut with the horror film Get Out in 2017, Jordan Peele achieved popular and critical acclaim which was only augmented by his sophomore film, Us (2019). One of the hallmarks of Peele’s films that entices viewers and encourages multiple screenings is the immense amount of “Easter eggs” or seemingly hidden aspects of…
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Editor’s Introduction to Issue No. 7
Rare among undergraduate film and media programs, Screen Culture is something special and important to preserve: the opportunity for students to share their critical research with others, and the chance for faculty to show off how rigorous and insightful those students’ work can be. The essays featured in this year’s issue were written between 2021…