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Film Studies
This Is Where I Leave You: Family, Grief, and Identity
Film Analysis
Schindler's List: Humanity, Choice, and Moral Duality
Fashion History
Christian Dior's New Look and Soraya's 1951 Wedding Gown
Art History
Neoclassicism vs. Romanticism: David and Turner Compared
Music History
Earliest Origins of Jazz: Africa, Blues, and Ragtime
Gender and Art History
Women's Museums and the Fight for Gender Equality in Art
Photography
Annie Leibovitz: Career, Style, and Iconic Photography
Performing Arts
Why Subscribers and Members Are Vital to Live Theater
Film Costume Design
Costume Design in Les Misérables (1998): Characters and Style
Digital and Interactive Media
Video Games as an Artistic Medium: The Scholarly Debate
Chicana/o and Latino Public Art
Chicana/o Art in Los Angeles Public and Private Space
Film Studies
Punk Aesthetics in Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Pink Flamingos
Art History
Realism, Photography, and Impressionism as Art Movements
Film Studies
Ex Machina and the Fears of Artificial Intelligence
Dance and Performance Studies
Dance as a Vehicle for Socio-Political Change
Theater and Drama
Harold Pinter's The Homecoming: Plot and Power Analysis
Film Studies
Margin Call (2011): Realism and the Financial Crisis on Film
Art Theory and Criticism
Sontag's Theory Applied to Wall, Tapies, and Goldin
Film Studies
Boat People (1982): Hong Kong New Wave Cinema Analysis
Italian Art History
Panini's Interior of St. Peter's Basilica: An Analysis
Film Studies
The Truman Show as a Postmodern Text: Film Analysis
Music and Society
Political Music Across Generations: From Dylan to MIA
Film Criticism
Noah Cross in Chinatown: Villainy, Power, and Deception
Architecture and Design
Gesamtkunstwerk and Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Total Design
Contemporary Painting
Frank Stella vs. Dana Schutz: Coolness and Passion in Art
Music Performance Analysis
M.I.A. "Paper Planes" Live on Letterman: Performance Analysis
Film Studies
Spike Lee's Malcolm X: Film Analysis and Historical Accuracy
Modern Art Movements
Dadaism and World War I: Origins, Spread, and Legacy
Film Theory
Laura Mulvey's Male Gaze Theory and Narrative Cinema
Islamic Architecture
Artistic and Allegorical Overview of the Taj Mahal
Art History
Monet and Seurat: Two Visions of 19th-Century France
Chicano/a and Latino Visual Culture
Chicano/a Art, the Getty, and Pacific Standard Time LA/LA
Art History
Greek Classical Art's Influence on Early Christian Art
Art History
German Expressionism vs. Fauvism: Color and Emotion
Modern Art Movements
Dadaism and Surrealism: Ernst, Dalí, and the Art of Dreams
Film Analysis
The Red Violin (1998): Story, Scenery, and Music Analysis
Photography History
Alfred Stieglitz and the Modernist Vision of Photography
Film Analysis
Film Techniques in Saving Private Ryan by Spielberg
Film Studies
Deepa Mehta's Fire (1996): Plot, Analysis, and Themes
Renaissance Art History
Raphael's School of Athens: Composition, Figures & Meaning
Dance Performance
Dorrance Dance's ETM: Double Down — A Tap Dance Review
Film Analysis
Cast Away: Survival, Hope, and Human Connection
Political Art and Visual Culture
Hong Kong Umbrella Movement: Art as Political Protest
Photography
Jacques-Henri Lartigue's Photography: Style and Techniques
Musical Theater
Chicago the Musical: A Review of the Ambassador Theater
Photography
Robert Frank's The Americans: Art, Reception, and Legacy
Modern European Art History
Dada and Degenerate Art in Weimar Germany, 1920–1937
Film Analysis
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938): Film Analysis