Examining the Witch: Feminism and Witchcraft in The Love Witch Section one: Overall Thesis. My overall thesis when approaching the … More
Author: NotesonFilm1
Spanish Canadian working in the UK. Former film journalist. Lecturer in Film Studies. Podcast with Michael Glass on cinema at https://eavesdroppingatthemovies.com/ and also a series of conversations with artists and intellectuals on their work at https://josearroyoinconversationwith.com/
Justice Herbert-Wattie: How does Park Chan Wook reference his past whilst evolving beyond it?
Video Essay Creators´ statement How does Park Chan Wook reference his past whilst evolving beyond it? When watching The Handmaiden … More
James Waterhouse: Satire in ‘Network´ and other audio-visual works
CREATORS STATEMENT My video essay will focus on the concept of ‘satire’ and how various satirical techniques are used within … More
Sara Wilkinson: The Extensively Colourful World of Wes Anderson´s ‘Isle of Dogs’
The Extensively Colourful world of Wes Anderson in: ‘Isle of Dogs’ (2018) This video essay delves deep into the colourful … More
Josh Bullin: ´Eighth Grade – The Contemporary Teen Film’
Creators Statement – ‘Eighth Grade: The Contemporary Teen Film’ This video essay explores Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham, 2018, USA), a … More
Carlo Anghel- Haltrich: New York, Capitalism, and Lost Book Found
The purpose of New York, Capitalism, and Lost Book Found is to elucidate how Walter Benjamin’s Marxist political theories inform … More
Hal Young: ‘Yi Yi and the Power of Long Fixed Shots´
Creator’s Statement For my video essay, I wanted to illuminate the mastery of Edward Yang’s Yi Yi. While this film … More
Stefano Dunne: The Filmmaking Style of Andrew Haigh
The Filmmaking Style of Andrew Haigh What is the filmmaking style of Andrew Haigh and what makes it so unique? … More
Ellyse Partington: The “lived body” in contemporary horror cinema
Creator’s Statement The “lived body” in contemporary horror cinema The thesis for this video essay originated from an interest in … More
Lucy Calderbank: Boundary and Division in Paris, Texas
Creator’s Statement Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984) is by far one of my favourite films. The emotional depth is deeply … More
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