Main Facts: Capturing the Impression of Life In the quiet, windswept meadows of Block Island, Rhode Island, a subtle phenomenon occurs every night. White-tailed deer, moving through the tall grasses under the cover of darkness, select specific sites to rest. When they depart at dawn, they leave behind "deer beds"—flattened, oval-shaped im
The Phoenix Omitted: Famke Janssen Addresses Her Absence from Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Reunion
As the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) prepares for its most ambitious crossover event since Avengers: Endgame, a significant shadow has been cast over the upcoming production of Avengers: Doomsday. While the film promises a nostalgic homecoming for several veterans of the 20th Century Fox X-Men era, one of the franchise’s most pivotal figure
The Architecture of Absence: A Twenty-Year Retrospective on Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home
By Abel Reyes Special Report for The Comics Journal Two decades have passed since the publication of Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, a work that did more than merely popularize the graphic memoir; it codified the medium as a legitimate vessel for high-literary inquiry. When Alison Bechdel released the book in 2006, the landscape of […]
The Architecture of Absence: Sandra Wollner’s ‘Everytime’ Triumphs at Cannes
The landscape of contemporary European cinema has been irrevocably altered by the arrival of Sandra Wollner’s third feature, Everytime. A haunting, formally radical exploration of the elasticity of grief, the film recently secured the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival. This victory marks a significant turning po
