A Brief History of Nudity in Hollywood Cinema

The Rise and Fall of the Hays Code Every year, without fail, film ratings cause furor amongst filmmakers, critics and audience

Michael Haneke’s Images of Adolescent Violence

Benny’s Video opens with hand-held scene of a pig being moved by a group of farmers from a barn to an open area. The camera

The Regressions of Cinematic Nostalgia

“The Greek word for “return” is nostos. Algos means “suffering.” So nostalgia is the suffering caus

A Church, a Cause, and Frogs From the Sky: The Search for a Higher Power in the Films of Paul Thomas Anderson

Amongst the many thematic threads that run through Paul Thomas Anderson’s work, the relationship between autonomy and belief

Beers, Bodies and Ice Cream: Consumption and Conformity in Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy

The film opens with Shaun (Simon Pegg) in his natural habitat. He sips on a beer in his favorite pub, The Winchester, with his

Of the Time: Critical Appraisals of Classic Films

The year 1960 was important in the history of cinema.  Jean-Luc Godard’s debut Breathless, Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vi

Films that Trick Us

The players are in place and the circumstances are set. The audience is expectant and the action can take place. Now, after an

The Making and Un-Making of a Nation: Financing Indigenous Films

Creating the conditions that allow for film production to thrive on a national level are central to establishing the voices of

The Prominence and Impact of the Celebrity Film Critic

Amongst the plethora of film critics writing in print and online, mainstream status is granted to a select few. The names of t

The Toronto International Film Festival and the Solidification of the Canadian Auteur

Since its beginnings, the Toronto International Film Festival has been invested in edifying and valorizing the Canadian auteur