What does a ghost represent? An emotion lingering in the sphere of time? The shadow of a tragedy cursed to echo through eternity? Perhaps it’s the weight of something tethered to a world it no longer belongs to? A ghost is essentially a memory refusing to fade away; a trace of something that once wasContinue reading “MATI DIOP- A CINEMA OF RESTLESS GHOSTS AND BYGONE REVOLTS”
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Gendered Madness – Phenomenology and the Ethics of Care in “Saint Maud” and “Dark Water”
Women’s mental health is the main focus of both Hideo Nakata’s Dark Water (2002) and Rose Glass’ Saint Maud (2019), two of the most unsettling horror films of the 21st century. In both films, the spectator is left wondering if any of the disturbing supernatural occurrences experienced by the two protagonists are in fact real,Continue reading “Gendered Madness – Phenomenology and the Ethics of Care in “Saint Maud” and “Dark Water””
The Cinephile Fix 