Halloween Psych-Out – Part 7: WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES
Nightmares have a strange kind of beauty. Perhaps that’s why we’re fascinated by horror films.…
John Bruni
John Bruni teaches at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. His book, Scientific Americans: The Making of Popular Science and Evolution in Early-20th-Century U.S. Literature and Culture, was published by University of Wales Press in 2014. His second book, Astonishment and Recognition: Observing Systems in the Films of John Cassavetes, is under review at Fordham University Press.
Articles:
Reading Against the Grain – Part 5: HUSBANDS AND WIVES
When you think of a major influence on Woody Allen, the easy answer is Ingmar…
HELL OR HIGH WATER Is Both a History and Acting Lesson
Many films promise to give us a picture of How We Are Living Now, but…
Reading Against the Grain – Part 4: EASY RIDER
Every year around this time in August, aging lawyers, doctors, and those of similar professions,…
Reading Against the Grain – Part 3: THE BIG SLEEP
The film version of Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) holds a special place for many viewers:…
Reading Against the Grain – Part 2: CITIZEN KANE
As the method of reading against the grain was already explained in the opening of…
Reading Against the Grain – Part 1: INTERIORS
Before he achieved fame and fortune as a musical composer for kids movies, Randy Newman…
A Warning That’s Already Too Late: The Dystopian Satire of HIGH RISE
High-Rise ends with “Industrial Estate,” a song by the post-punk iconoclasts The Fall. That just…
Bad Love – Part 5: CHINATOWN
Conventional films about love bring people together, and thus deal with class issues in two…
Bad Love – Part IV: IN A LONELY PLACE
It’s hardly surprising that films about bad love tend to expose the Hollywood machinery that churns…