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Movie Title Director Released Article Title
Arrival Villeneuve, Denis 2016 Life Willed at Every Second: Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival and Friedrich Nietzsche’s Eternal Return of the Same
Brazil Gilliam, Terry 1985 1984 with a Sense of Humor: The Surreal, Wonderful, and Haunting Humor of Terry Gilliam’s Absurdist Masterpiece, Brazil
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Spielberg, Steven 1977 Spielberg Before the Sentiment: Discord and Discovery in Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Clue Lynn, Jonathan 1985 Parody Done Right: Jonathan Lynn’s Clue and its Tasteful Lampooning of the Mystery Genre
Duck Soup McCarey, Leo 1933 Jokes that Hit their Marx: On Duck Soup, One of the Greatest Comedies of One of the All-time Greatest Comedy Troupes
Funny Games Haneke, Michael 1997 Unfamiliar Slasher: How Michael Haneke’s Funny Games Wonderfully Accomplishes the Opposite of Haneke’s Goal
Ghost Zucker, Jerry 1990 A Ghastly Script: The Mediocrity of Jerry Zucker’s Romantic Classic, Ghost
Hail, Caesar! Coen, Ethan; Coen, Joel 2016 Unmarketing: Hail, Caesar! and Why You Should Trust Neither Trailers nor Reviews of the Coen Brothers’ Movies
Jackie Brown Tarantino, Quentin 1997 Tarantino’s Odd Film Out: The Uniqueness of Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown
Let the Right One In Alfredson, Tomas 2008 Bloody, Brilliant: Let the Right One In is a Touching Tale Full of Cold, Macabre Murders
My Dinner with Andre Malle, Louis 1981 Glorious Disagreement: The Energetic, Artistic Tension in Louis Malle’s My Dinner with Andre
Planes, Trains and Automobiles Hughes, John 1987 A Thanksgiving Given: Planes, Trains and Automobiles as the Only Thanksgiving Classic
Pontypool McDonald, Bruce 2008 Pontyficating: Pontypool and its Rapid, Disappointing Ruining of an Excellent Horror Story
Red State Smith, Kevin 2011 A True View Askew: On the Merits of Kevin Smith’s Genre-bending Late-career Surprise, Red State
Slumdog Millionaire Boyle, Danny 2009 All’s Unwell that Only Ends Well: The Inconsistent Meaning of Life in Slumdog Millionaire
Solaris Tarkovsky, Andrei 1972 Humanism and Pessimism in Space: How Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris Turns an Unnerving Premise into an Intimate Film
Stand by Me Reiner, Rob 1986 Unromantic Nostalgia: The Fantastic Rendering of Childhood in Rob Reiner’s Stand by Me
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens Abrams, J.J. 2015 Sudden Awakening: A Quick Article on the Quick Pacing in J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Starship Troopers Verhoeven, Paul 1997 Poking Fun at Militarism: How Paul Verhoeven’s Cult Classic Starship Troopers Willfully Discards Robert Heinlein’s Novel
Sunset Boulevard Wilder, Billy 1950 Conflated Requiems: The Revealing, Eery Use of the Protagonist Narrator in Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard
The Blob Yeaworth Jr., Irvin S. 1958 A Repurposed Drive-in Delight: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.’s The Blob, and How a Horror Movie Becomes a Comedy
The Crying Game
Jordan, Neil 1992 Identity, National and Gendered: How Neil Jordan’s The Crying Game Talks About Tradition and Modernity, as Compared to the Fiction of Patrick McCabe
The Merchant of Venice Radford, Michael 2004 Remakes are Not your Enemy: Analyzing a Scene from Michael Radford’s Film Version of The Merchant of Venice
The Night They Raided Minsky’s
Friedkin, William 1968 Raiders of the Lost Art: How The Night They Raided Minsky’s Uses a Disjointed Tone as an asset rather than a Detriment
The Sixth Sense Shyamalan, M. Night 1999 The Unaccountable Masterpiece: M. Night Shyamalan’s Bafflingly Excellent The Sixth Sense
Trumbo Roach, Jay 2015 History Less Exaggerated: The Excellent Subtlety of the Acting and History in Jay Roach’s Trumbo
Who Killed Captain Alex? I.G.G., Nabwana 2010 {Guest Post} Film-as-Theatre and the Cult Film Phenomenon: A Study of Amateur-Film-Turned-Viral-Video Who Killed Captain Alex?

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