Tim Mitchell archives

Man, Machine, Memory and Movies from Bernie Heidkamp @ PopPolitics.com 29 Jul 2008 3:57 pm

[Film] [ Technology] [ American Culture] [ Narrative] [ Tim Mitchell] [ Science & Technology] [ Alex Proyas] [ alien vs predator] [ cinematic technology] [ Dark City] [ Expressionism] [ German] [ german expressionism] [ horror films] [ individual and society] [ man machine] [ Matrix]
The following is a new article by Tim Mitchell, published in the “depth” section of PopPolitics magazine. Mitchell has previously written for PopPolitics about the “Mimic” film trilogy and “Versus” horror films like Alien vs. Predator and Freddy vs. Jason. Now he tackles the technological complexities of “Dark City” — just in time [...]

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“Mimic”-ing America from Bernie Heidkamp @ PopPolitics.com 09 Jun 2008 11:17 pm

[Film] [ American Culture] [ Science Fiction] [ Cultural Studies] [ Narrative] [ Tim Mitchell] [ allegory] [ HI-MEMS] [ Mimic] [ postmodern]
The following is a new article by Tim Mitchell, published in the “depth” section of PopPolitics magazine. Mitchell analyzes how the underappreciated “Mimic” trilogy of sci-fi horror films has a lot to say about postmodern America: The other day, I found an October 2007 story by R. Colin Johnson on the EETimes Web site that sounded [...]

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Alien vs. Predator, Freddy vs. Jason — Much More Than Monster Movies from Bernie Heidkamp @ PopPolitics.com 11 May 2008 10:51 pm

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The following is a new article by Tim Mitchell, published in the “depth” section of PopPolitics magazine. Mitchell analyzes how critically discarded “versus” horror films can tell us a great deal about how we see conflict in the post-9/11 world. Horror is like any other genre of film: The most popular titles of a given [...]

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