Ecocinema, Media, and the Environment

This blog explores popular film and media and their relationship to the environment.

Sunday, September 29, 2019

The Colony (2013), Cl-fi, and Gender Roles

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The Colony (2013) and Gender Gender sometimes plays a complex role in contemporary cli-fi films. In  The Colony  (2013) directed...
Friday, September 20, 2019

The Fast and Furious Films and Mad Max Fury Road

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I recently re-watched Mad Max: Fury Road  and was struck not only by the film's messages about climate change, water righ...
Monday, September 16, 2019

Snowpiercer (2013) as/and Cli-Fi

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The blatantly eco-horror cli-fi film Snowpiercer (2013) emphasizes both its climate change catalyst and its human focus...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

Downsizing (2017) and the Comic Eco-Hero

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Our chapter, “Housing, Labor, and Comic Evolutionary Narratives in  Downsizing  (2017) and  Sorry to Bother You  (2018)” will address the i...
Friday, September 6, 2019

First Reformed (2017) and the Tragic Eco-Hero

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First Reformed (2017) and the Tragic Eco-Hero I n  First Reformed  (2017), Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) serves as a sol...
Friday, August 30, 2019

Children of Men (2006) and the New Eco-Hero

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Both  The Day After Tomorrow   and  Children of Men  (2006) illustrate similar visions of the new eco-hero. In both films, heroic roles...
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