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Jacob T. Swinney

Video Essay: Post-Apocalypse Now

When you're on the precipice of a collapse, sometimes the most soothing thing is finding movies to show us what the end will look like ...

April 2, 2018

Video Essay: Blade Runner 2049‘s Denis Villeneuve and the Silent Close-Up

In anticipation of the biggest film of Villeneuve's career so far, a look at his most striking visual trademark.

August 30, 2017

Video Essay: Stephen King at the Movies

With The Dark Tower in theaters and It on the horizon, we look at the many and varied Stephen King adaptations.

August 4, 2017

A Letter From the Editors: May 2017

This month, we're thinking about Leonard Cohen, (re)birth, falling in reverse, and other forms of moving on/letting go.

May 5, 2017

Video Essay: Falling in Reverse

What happens if you take one of cinema's most recognizable tropes, and then turn it upside down?

May 1, 2017

Video Essay: Malick’s Shadows

With Terrence Malick's Song to Song in theaters now, Jacob T. Swinney's video essay looks at a recent motif in the director's films.

March 22, 2017