ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK: Carpenter’s Hyperviolent Dystopian Prison State

John Carpenter's dystopian classic is a vision of a prison state where American democracy and institutions have failed; where violence and chaos reign!

Alienation, Exploitation, and Moral Predicaments in MY FRIEND DAHMER

MY FRIEND DAHMER is a poignant, unnerving, and even empathetic portrayal of Jeffrey Dahmer in the year or so leading up to his first murder.

FASHIONISTA: Consumerism, Identity, and Mental Health

Simon Rumley's FASHIONISTA is an allegorical tale of the effects consumerism has on the individual.

FUNNY GAMES: Confront Yourself

Michael Haneke's infamous 1997 film FUNNY GAMES is a confrontation not just of violence in media, it is also a confrontation of ourselves & why we consume violent media.

TRAINSPOTTING; Or, Renton’s Divine Comedy

A trip into TRAINSPOTTING is like diving into the landscape of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, one rung of hell at a time.

HUNTING PIGNUT: Breaking Cycles in Contemporary Newfoundland

HUNTING PIGNUT is writer-director-editor Martine Blue's debut feature film, and it is beautifully raw.

American Hopes & Warnings in THE BAD BATCH

THE BAD BATCH is Ana Lily Amirpour's spiritual vision of American society: where it is now, where it's headed, all in a metaphorical landscape.