Day for Night’s Notable Films of 2023

Notable film reviews from 2023, written by UNG alumni, students, and faculty. All of Us…

Art in Cinema: How Frank Stauffacher Created an Audience for Experimental Film in America

By Ana Mackenzie During the postwar renaissance of avant-garde film in the United States, Frank…

Sociolinguistic Significance in the Yakuza Series

By Caleb Brooks   The sociolinguistic features of the Japanese language carry different implications to…

Day for Night’s Best Films of 2022

The editors of Day for Night have gathered to contribute five reflections to celebrate the…

An Irma Vep “Revamp”

In a conversation between our editors, we discuss and analyze director Olivier Assayas’ HBO series Irma Vep.

Hollywood

Hollywood, an angel gone roguewhere nepotism is now in vogue,run by stockholders with grins of…

A Tour Through The French Dispatch

“Let us take a sightseeing tour,” says the bicycling journalist Herbsaint Sazerac (Owen Wilson) to viewer in Wes Anderson’s latest film The French Dispatch. Yes, let’s.

Lingering Histories

A poem inspired by the works of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.

Harold and Maude: Hal Ashby’s Bittersweet Sensorium

This essay is concerned with and inspired by the oscillation and interplay of bittersweetness found in Maude’s odorific machine. This scene and our two characters are from the 1971 cult classic Harold and Maude, the second film from New Hollywood director Hal Ashby. Together, the two characters belong to the larger outfit of misfits, outsiders, and rebels that populate Hal Ashby’s oeuvre.

The Fracturing of German Expressionism

German Expressionism was born at a tumultuous time in German history. Despite the chaotic period, it produced a distinct style. The movement rushed in new storytelling methods, themes, and stylistic techniques. The iconic films of this movement dealt with the fracturing of reality, which reflected the paradoxical nature of Germany’s identity.