Kathy Michelle ChacónFeb 26, 2022Feminine Fear: How Two Hitchcock Heroines Navigate their Patriarchal WorldsAlfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca and Shadow of a Doubt center the stories of two young female protagonists as they negotiate patriarchal order ...
Kathy Michelle ChacónJan 14, 2022How Elevator to the Gallows' Opening Scene Establishes Florence as a Femme FataleThe film opens under a blanket of darkness that slowly fades to unveil Florence’s shut eyes. As the black on the screen dissolves, an ...
Kathy Michelle ChacónDec 10, 2021Review: Do the Right Thing (1989)It had been three years since Michael Griffith, Timothy Grimes, and Cedric Sandiford fought for their lives against a rabid mob of white ...