What is the Matrix? Cinema, Totality, and Topophilia Charles Leary July 2004 Beyond the Grave of Genre Leary maps the vertiginous images of “totality” presented in The Matrix and its sequels.
Tarantino and the Vengeful Ghosts of Cinema Maximilian Le Cain July 2004 Beyond the Grave of Genre Kill Bill's battle-of-the-exploitation-genres both fascinates and disappoints.
The Light and the Darkness: Myth in the Films of Richard Stanley James Rose July 2004 Beyond the Grave of Genre From Voudou to the spaghetti Western: the mythic underpinnings of Stanley's Gnostic horror films.
Isolation and Subjugation: The Telephone in the Slasher Film Charles Spiteri July 2004 Beyond the Grave of Genre 20 years of menacing phone calls show the changing role of the world's most omnipresent communication technology.
Looking Away to See: Frazer Lee’s Duty of Care Films Patricia MacCormack July 2004 Beyond the Grave of Genre Revealing the danger of passively trusting in those signifying authorised power, these two short horror films emphasise the agency of the viewer in producing meaning and affect.
To Live and Die in L.A.: Ritual in the Films of Willem Dafoe Edith Hallberg July 2004 Beyond the Grave of Genre A martyr to the cinema: Hallberg traces the meta-narrative of death and transcendence guiding Dafoe's film performances.
