notoriouslynoraMay 4, 20229 min readExpressionistic Intent in the Face of Subjectivity: Why Haywire Sets a Precedent for the Biopic QuanThere exists a thin and ambiguous threshold within the narrative realms of any communicative conduit where emotional experience can...
notoriouslynoraApr 14, 20223 min readDetachment Conflict: On FIVE EASY PIECESThe emotional turmoil that FIVE EASY PIECES inflicted is precisely what endeared it to me — a film that challenges our morals and tests...
notoriouslynoraJan 13, 20222 min readWILD AT HEART: Lynch’s Cinematic ZeitgeistWILD AT HEART is the American Dream ablaze in hot pink, an enchanting compendium of cinematic parables where EASY RIDER meets THE WIZARD...
notoriouslynoraJan 7, 20223 min readChampioning the Queer Experience in CACTUS FLOWER: a reviewThe genius of CACTUS FLOWER begins with its titular duality, at once defining both the film’s prevailing allegory as well as epitomizing...
notoriouslynoraDec 31, 20212 min readMortality and Masculinity in HUSBANDSThere is no sound way to fully satiate grief. It is an unending and demanding abscess, gaping, dark and unearthly in its formless shadow...
notoriouslynoraDec 23, 20213 min readGLORIA (1999): A RETROSPECTIVESharon Stone as Gloria and Jean-Luke Figueroa in Lumet’s GLORIA (1999) So often we carelessly conflate the terms ‘remake’ and ‘rendition’...
notoriouslynoraMar 9, 202123 min readWhere Love Has Gone: A Mid-Century Hollywood Zeitgeist1964 publicity poster promoting WHERE LOVE HAS GONE Introduction — It’s remarkably easy to overlook WHERE LOVE HAS GONE, particularly...
notoriouslynoraMar 9, 202123 min readWhere Love Has Gone: A Mid-Century Hollywood Zeitgeist1964 publicity poster promoting WHERE LOVE HAS GONE Introduction — It’s remarkably easy to overlook WHERE LOVE HAS GONE, particularly...
notoriouslynoraJan 10, 20218 min readThe Power of Voice, Even In Silence: Kay Francis and CONFESSIONVera Kowalska has nothing left but her voice — and yet, it is her purposeful silence that speaks deafening volumes. 1937 theatrical...
notoriouslynoraJan 10, 20218 min readThe Power of Voice, Even In Silence: Kay Francis and CONFESSIONVera Kowalska has nothing left but her voice — and yet, it is her purposeful silence that speaks deafening volumes. 1937 theatrical...
notoriouslynoraDec 27, 20208 min readREVIEW: THE WICKHAM WAY — A Phenomenal Ode to the Concurrent Strength & Fragility of the HI vehemently maintain that the most brilliant discoveries are often stumbled upon without rhyme, reason, or warning. It’s why I strictly...
notoriouslynoraDec 27, 20208 min readREVIEW: THE WICKHAM WAY — A Phenomenal Ode to the Concurrent Strength & Fragility of the HI vehemently maintain that the most brilliant discoveries are often stumbled upon without rhyme, reason, or warning. It’s why I strictly...
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