Bad Love – Part 3: VERTIGO
It’s usually a bad idea to fall in love with a ghost. It’s an equally…
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:
Bad Love – Part 2: CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
With its graphic language (resulting in an obscenity charge in Georgia that was overruled by…
Bad Love – Part 1: SHOOT THE MOON
Films about bad love: what better antidote to the overblown romantic fantasies promoted by Valentine’s…
The Year in Review: Revisiting the Late 60s
If, as I wrote in last year’s review, that the early 60s were in vogue…
The Alien History of THE MARTIAN – Part 4: SILENT RUNNING
The narrative of Silent Running (1972) is the inverse of The Martian: rather than longing…
The Alien History of THE MARTIAN – Part 3: MOON
Like in The Martian, the solitary protagonist, Sam Bell, of Moon (2009) longs to return…
The Alien History of THE MARTIAN – Part 2: WALKABOUT
In The Martian, because there is communication among the stranded astronaut and his companions back…
The Alien History of THE MARTIAN – Part 1: THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH
Just as the stranded explorer of The Martian is not an alien, the mysterious visitor in The Man…
Halloween Psych-Out – Part 6: PERFORMANCE
What’s a Halloween-appropriate film without a bracing dose of the occult? How about a 1970…
Halloween Psych-Out – Part 5: HEART OF GLASS
Picking up from where I left off last year, during the Halloween season, I write…