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April 16, 2016 Matthew Jones

The Graduate Analysis: Audiences and Film Criticism

Film reviews are, more than anything, a reflection of their audience. Where most films aim to entertain their respective audiences,

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March 6, 2016 Matthew Jones

Gender and Sexuality in Breillat’s Fat Girl (2001)

Contemporary French cinema has seen a rise in the number of female filmmakers, and in turn, an increased focus on

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January 6, 2016 Matthew Jones

Mixing Genres and Political Turmoil in The 39 Steps

Though Hollywood has dominated the global film industry since the 1910’s, many influential directors and films have surfaced outside of

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May 10, 2014 Matthew Jones

Responsibility and Victimization in Grave of the Fireflies

Targeting non-combatants has been a strategic and controversial practice in wartime for centuries. Despite laws established during the first, second,

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May 3, 2014 Matthew Jones

Feminist Film Theory: Freeland and Mulvey

During the second wave of feminism in the 1960’s and 70’s, feminist theorists put increasing attention on representations of women

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Jonathan Glazer's Birth movie
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April 25, 2014 Matthew Jones

Jonathan Glazer’s Birth and the Definition of Art-Horror

Noël Carroll’s theory of “art-horror” lays out a structure for classifying works of horror in fiction. Specifically, he identifies the

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Trainspotting Analysis
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April 18, 2014 Matthew Jones

Trainspotting Analysis: The Dilemma of Scottish National Identity

Trainspotting, a film by director Danny Boyle, follows the misadventures of a group of Scottish heroin addicts in the late

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The Matrix as Metaphysics
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April 8, 2014 Matthew Jones

“The Matrix as Metaphysics” and its Insignificant Implications

The Matrix presents a metaphysical scenario that asks the question: is our perception of physical space-time real? But this question

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Shaun of the Dead Zom Com
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April 4, 2014 Matthew Jones

Reversing Gender Norms in the Modern Zom Com

Following the success of The Evil Dead series in the 1980s and early 1990s, the popularity of the zombie horror-comedy,

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Matthew Jones is a film critic and the founder and editor of Philosophy in Film. He studied Film and Philosophy at the University of Georgia and writes about horror, cult, arthouse, independent, and international cinema.

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Nobody Knows (2004), A Beautiful Adaptation of a Real-Life TragedyNobody Knows (2004), A Beautiful Adaptation of a Real-Life TragedySeptember 25, 2023Matthew Jones
Review: Desire (2017) ★★★★Review: Desire (2017) ★★★★December 14, 2019Matthew Jones
Review: My Old Lady (2014) ★Review: My Old Lady (2014) ★December 6, 2019Matthew Jones

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