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Author: Tony Rivas

Tony J Rivas is an award-winning director, writer, film scholar, actor, and musician. His films focus on the dialectical nature of the human experience, often with surreal and dark comedic undertones. He earned his MA in Film Studies from Chapman University's Dodge College and a BA in Screenwriting from Westminster College. When he is not engaged in filmmaking, he can be found spending time with his dog, writing, or working on music. His Instagram handle is @cynesthete.
Movies · Sex

Horror & Corporatized Feminism, part 3

ByTony Rivas

Simply Men Bob Clark’s 1974 horror masterpiece Black Christmas has been remade twice: once in 2006 by Glen Morgan and…

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Horror & Corporatized Feminism, Part 2

ByTony Rivas

Between Two Strodes Based on John Carpenter’s seminally foreboding 1978 original, David Gordon Green’s Halloween (2018) is a largely reactionary…

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Horror & Corporatized Feminism, Part 1

ByTony Rivas

There is a tendency in today’s feminism to sympathize with (and consequently amplify) corporate ideologies that are largely hostile to…

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Are Mainstream Films Becoming More Conservative?

ByTony Rivas

Those familiar with the history of filmmaking in the United States understand that the system is no stranger to censorship…

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How Julia Ducournau’s “Titane” Addresses the LGBTQ+ Community

ByTony Rivas

One of the more controversial Palme d’Or winners in recent history, Julia Ducournau’s Titane (2021) is a polarizing film that…

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Bad Miracles: Jordan Peele’s Nope and the Duality of Spectacle

ByTony Rivas

Jordan Peele’s Nope (2022) is a film that is fundamentally concerned with how spectacle erases cultural agency. It takes Peele’s…

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