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Opinion | Notes on auteur theory in 2021
Caden McQueen Caden McQueen

Opinion | Notes on auteur theory in 2021

The critics of French film journal “Cahiers du Cinéma” formulated “la politique des auteurs” — a mode of film criticism through which films are assessed and analyzed as the product of a singular creative voice, or auteur.

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Opinion | Passing the time
Caden McQueen Caden McQueen

Opinion | Passing the time

Regardless of how resolute I feel in my refusal to allow another semester to drift away, I have grown accustomed to monotony. As the novelty of returning to campus fades into normalcy, I can feel its grip tightening once again. Let’s hope this year is different.

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Opinion | Estorerics under capitalism
Caden McQueen Caden McQueen

Opinion | Estorerics under capitalism

The media landscape is heavily oversaturated as a result of late-stage capitalism, to the point where society is almost constantly exposed to all kinds of content.

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Opinion | Facing our harsh reality
Caden McQueen Caden McQueen

Opinion | Facing our harsh reality

The threat of climate change has been hanging over humanity’s head like the proverbial sword of Damocles for several decades, and we are already beginning to face the effects.

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Opinion | Down with Virgil Abloh
Caden McQueen Caden McQueen

Opinion | Down with Virgil Abloh

Say what you will about the quality of his work, but modernist artist Marcel Duchamp was, without a doubt, revolutionary. He rocked the art world of the 1910s with his ‘readymade’ sculptures, which consisted of old pieces of junk Duchamp happened to find on the street that he would then dub a ‘sculpture.’

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Opinion | Reconsidering the meaning of graffiti
Caden McQueen Caden McQueen

Opinion | Reconsidering the meaning of graffiti

In 1984, the Olympic Arts Committee commissioned a series of murals to be painted on the walls in between the Alameda Street and Grand Avenue exits of the Los Angeles 101 Freeway in order to showcase the rich culture of the city for the upcoming Summer Olympic Games being held in the city. There were no plans made to maintain them; just like everything else erected for the games, they no longer served a purpose after the Olympics were over.

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