The Original Cyborg: Asian Women & The Machinations Of Power
Even alongside literal cyborgs, Asian women have been used as artistic shorthand for dehumanization and objectification by Kelly Pau In Alex Garland’s 2014 film Ex Machina, a computer programmer named Caleb Smith is tasked by CEO Nathan Bateman to evaluate whether
The Unseen: Fear, Abuse, and The Invisible Man
Leigh Whannell's 2020 film makes the experiences of abuse survivors terrifyingly real by Fran LoIacono The best kind of horror film is one that stays with the viewer and makes them think: it’s one of the reasons why films like The
Why Women Watch Horror
Horror media has become a vital and transgressive artistic inflection point for women by Lindsay Lee Wallace // Illustrations by Lauren Sophie Gletty The theater is dark, and vibrant with the film’s staccato soundtrack and an accompaniment of whispers and shushes.
I Gave You My Soul (and I Am Dead): Gender & Faustian Fiction
A lesson in gender norms, compliments of the Devil by Matilda Lewis The motif of the Faustian pact with the Devil is an old and colorful one, remixed and reinterpreted time and again. Always, it invites the audience to consider: What
REVIEW: Fear Street Reveals the Poverty of Pastiche
Leigh Janiak's Fear Street sets out to revive the teen slasher, but seems content to play around with its corpse by Kurt Schiller Fear Street—the new three-part horror series from Netflix and director Leigh Janiak—begins with a promising burst of neon, blood,