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Auteur Theory

Wes Anderson’s Dollhouses: a video essay

 By Jarred Tabor     The combination of Anderson’s shot and blocking techniques give his…

An Irma Vep “Revamp”

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

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.

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.