Resources for October 3, 2016

Andrews, Mallory. "She's Lost Control, Again: Todd Haynes' Safe." Cleo 1.2 (July 25, 2013)

Bowen, Chuck. Fear Country: Night of the Living Dead speaks to a society that can’t process Black Lives Matter." Keyframe (October 1, 2016)

Dickey, Colin. "Oliver and Sarah: The Story of the Winchesters." The Los Angeles Review of Books (September 28, 2015)

Hassania, Tina. "Female Homelessness in Agnès Varda’s Vagabond and Kelly Reichardt’s Wendy and Lucy." Cleo 1.2 (July 25, 2013)

Jensen, Lindsay. "The Analog Mother: Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion." Cleo 1.2 (July 25, 2013)

Koski, Genevieve, et al. "The Neon Demon/Suspiria, Pt. 1." The Next Picture Show #35 (July 12, 2016) ["Nicholas Winding Refn’s new THE NEON DEMON inspired us to look back at another tale of female rivalry that plays out in lurid colors and more than a little violence: Dario Argento’s classic 1977 horror movie SUSPIRIA. In this half, we explore the specific, lurid style in which Argento works, and consider how it functions as both cinema and horror. "]

---. "The Neon Demon/Suspiria, Pt. 2." The Next Picture Show #36 (July 14, 2016) ["We move our conversation of Dario Argento's 1977 film SUSPIRIA to Nicholas Winding Refn’s THE NEON DEMON, which works as a contemporary companion piece. In this half, we talk over the two films' respective uses of color, violence, and female competition."]

McGoff, Jessica. "Andrea Arnold’s Women in Landscapes: What does loneliness look like?" Keyframe (September 27, 2016)

"Nature's Notebook - The Life of a Dragonfly." Bernheim (September 27, 2016)

Puschak, Evan. "Children of Men: Don't Ignore the Background." (Posted on Youtube: September 9, 2015) [MB: This was a powerful film that looked to the future to examine the global politics of 2006 when it was released (highlighted even more by the collection of philosophers/theorists that provided commentaries on the imagery/narrative in the original DVD edition), and, as Evan Puschak demonstrates in this video essay, its relevance has only increased over the next decade. This analysis includes references to our current social/political issues to demonstrate its continuing relevance.  Don't ignore the background (context) - could be applicable in our own attempts to understand the issues of the world.]