Monthly Archives: September 2016

Movie or Not, We Can still Be Friends: Veronica Mars the Movie

(Originally published 18 May 2014. Kind thanks to Catcher in the Reel for permission to repost.) By Aaron Hunter In the summer of 2013, Kevin Spacey gave a speech in Edinburgh in which he discussed the changing nature of visual media … Continue reading

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The Sensuous Life Is a Perilous Venture: Under the Skin

(Previously published 12 April 2014. Kind thanks to Catcher in the Reel for permission to repost.) By Aaron Hunter Under the Skin is a film that dares you to like it. Perhaps “like” is not the right word. “Enjoy” is closer … Continue reading

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The Necessity of Fiction: The Grand Budapest Hotel

(Originally published 3 April 2014. Kind thanks to Catcher in the Reel for permission to repost.) By Aaron Hunter (For thoughts on Wes Anderson’s career to date, see: Maturity Delayed.) The Grand Budapest Hotel, the new movie directed by Wes Anderson, … Continue reading

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Maturity Delayed: Narrative, Form, and Character in the Films of Wes Anderson

(Originally published 16 March 2014. Kind thanks to Catcher in the Reel for permission to repost.) By Aaron Hunter There is a telling moment early in Bottle Rocket (1996), Wes Anderson’s feature-length directorial debut. Dignan (Owen Wilson) has just helped his … Continue reading

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The Round-Up: In Memory of Miklós Jancsó

(Originally published 10 February 2014. Kind thanks to Catcher in the Reel for permission to repost.) By Aaron Hunter The first Miklós Jancsó film I ever saw was 1999’s The Lord’s Lantern in Budapest (Nekem lámpást adott kezembe az Úr … Continue reading

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Hal Ashby’s Endings

A video essay from December 2015. Of the 11 feature films that Hal Ashby directed, 9 end with one or more of the main characters’ back to the camera. His final film ends with the main characters walking towards the … Continue reading

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Coming soon!

Coming soon! A new blog about film and screen studies. It will include reviews, video essays, and regular updates about my Irish Research Council post-doc: Women and New Hollywood.  

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