You love films.We love films.Welcome to Film Studies Minor.

You love films.We love films.Welcome to Film Studies Minor.
Welcome to the Film Studies Minor community! We are all about the love of film (and the sometimes necessary hate-watching of it). So pull up a chair, grab your movie-viewing accoutrements, and let us whisper sweet cinema into your ear. Explore and connect with us!
Three past film studies minors- Zack, Colby, and Jackson- sit down to have a thoughtful conversation* about a certain aspect of a film. Our expertise is debatable, our opinions sometimes inconceivable, but damn if we aren't likeable.
*Film rambling included
Visual Essays are our attempt to fill your eyeballs with information, a la A Clockwork Orange. It might hurt a touch, but admit it, you like the pain.
From our love (see: Colby's love of Raiders of the Lost Ark) to our frustration (see: Zack's nonexistent enthusiasm of Jurassic World), our blog posts will anger, humor, other-emotion you.
We aren't experts. We aren't famous. But we have opinions that you need to hear.
An Idiot’s Guide to the MCU: The Incredible Hulk
Time for the second entry in the Idiot’s Guide to the MCU: I held off on doing this one for a long time after hearing pretty consistently that this…
March 22, 2019
The Tease of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
Bohemian Rhapsody had a very rocky path to the big screen. From director Bryan Singer’s exit, casting Freddie Mercury, and taking 20 years to get the…
March 14, 2019
An Idiot’s Guide to the MCU: Iron Man
In some early episode of this podcast, I made a comment that could easily be interpreted as me bragging that I haven’t seen many of the incredibly…
March 5, 2019
Women Puke Too: Subverting Gender Stereotypes in The Favourite
There was a moment while watching Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite (how is this nominated for Best Picture the same year as Bohemian Rhapsody and A…
February 24, 2019
A Star is Bored
Some dude once said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” I’m here to announce: I’m scared. Scared because I just watched a movie that…
February 22, 2019
How Spielberg Made Dinos Real
It’s freezing right now, yes. But picture this: It’s a sunny summer day, the temperature is summer-like, the sun is being all sunny, and you’re…
February 12, 2019
An Idiot’s Guide to the MCU: The Incredible Hulk
Time for the second entry in the Idiot’s Guide to the MCU: I held off on doing this one for a long time after hearing pretty…
March 22, 2019
The Tease of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
Bohemian Rhapsody had a very rocky path to the big screen. From director Bryan Singer’s exit, casting Freddie Mercury, and taking 20…
March 14, 2019
An Idiot’s Guide to the MCU: Iron Man
In some early episode of this podcast, I made a comment that could easily be interpreted as me bragging that I haven’t seen many of…
March 5, 2019
Women Puke Too: Subverting Gender Stereotypes in The Favourite
There was a moment while watching Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite (how is this nominated for Best Picture the same year as Bohemian…
February 24, 2019
Review: Us
Zack and Jackson get together to talk through Jordan Peele's sophomore sensation, Us.
Past Episodes
Featured Visual Essay
How Whiplash Edits Itself
Whiplash is a film about power. Director Damien Chazelle, editor Tom Cross, and actors J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller each bring their talents to the table to edit the film in a way that highlights the theme.