Changing Cinema: How Bong Joon-Ho transcended the subtitle barrier and put international films in the American mainstream

Film columnist Peter Dien CM ’25 compares two other Bong Joon-Ho films hoping to uncover the winning formula of “Parasite” and the differences between films for American and Korean viewers.

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Behind the Screen: The screenlife genre and connection in the internet age

In recent years, the screenlife film genre has translated anxiety-ridden aspects of internet scrolling onto the big screen. In this week’s film column, Peter Dien CM ’25 explores the nuance of this growing genre.

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Anti Film-Bro: How M3gan reigns over true-crime villains

Have you ever cheered on a dog’s cinematic death? Watching newly released horror film, “M3gan,” film columnist Eliza Powers PO ’25 experienced this first. Yet subverting this American movie trope is just one of ways in which “M3gan” challenges the film industry.

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Scene it: ‘X’ (2022): A modern slasher that provides classic chills

What’s scarier than a swamp in Texas? Probably the murderous making of an adult film on a swamp in Texas. That is exactly the plot of “X,” which TV & film columnist Rory Jones PO ’22 argues is a fresh take on the classic slasher format.

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