Vertigo, La Jetée, and 12 Monkeys: Three Films Where Time is Treated Like Butter in Croissant Dough *Mind Blown Gesture*

|Allison Vincent| I do not identify as a time travel girly. Movies where the laws of time and space are bent need strong foundations for me to enjoy them, otherwise I find myself inundated with intrusive thoughts about logic, the “rules of the universe” (those generated by the… Continue reading

The Cooler Blonde: Marjorie Wood, Geek Chic, and Obsessions (with Glasses?)

|Matthew Christensen| “News Item” Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses. -Dorothy Parker Let me start off by saying that I never fully understood Scottie Ferguson’s obsession with Madeleine Elster in Hitchcock’s Vertigo. I mean, I get why he falls for her. Kim Novak—playing the part in perfectly coiffed white-blonde hair… Continue reading