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      • FoodFood has often served as a focalpoint of culture and community in film. Families warmly meet around the dinner table while lovers indulge in opulent feasts. Home cooked meals can evoke comfort, tradition, and sociality but its very absence can point to its commodification and politicization. The richness of food and drink on film asks us to think more closely about its primacy. It asks us to question how lives are shaped by its ubiquity, otherwise taken for granted.
      • Coming of AgeComing of Age stories focus on characters’ seminal shifts and changes. These narratives take place within transitional periods where further realisation of self isn’t necessarily restricted to age. Definitions of maturity vary depending on the nature of change, but we can expect to explore the awkwardness, confusion, and discomfort that is inherent in seeking (or being thrust into) growth.
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      • Into the Digital AgeAs we go Into the Digital Age this edition, we will be focusing on the coexistence of humanity and digital technology. Is this relationship conflict oriented, harmonious, or somewhere between the two? This coexistence can be analyzed through historical evolution, science fiction, artificial intelligence (AI), the impacts of neoliberalism, utopias, dystopias, current realities, and imagined futures.
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Author: Lauren Kirksey

Lauren Kirksey is an aspiring writer from Central Florida with a lifelong love of all things cinematic. She holds a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of North Florida, where she also took courses in creative writing, communication studies, and film. Lauren enjoys everything from mainstream blockbusters to art house cinema, and is particularly drawn to stories that break the mold.
Food

Staunch Characters and Not-So-Fine Dining: Food and the Direct Cinema of Grey Gardens

1 Jul 20225 Jan 2023
You can't have your cake and eat it too, in life. Oh, yes, I did. I did, I had my cake, loved it, masticated it, chewed it and had everything…
Coming of Age

Kajillionaire: A Delayed Coming of Age

1 May 202230 Apr 2022
My first viewing of Kajillionaire (Miranda July, 2020) left me with a lot more questions than answers. How was the film’s protagonist going to integrate herself into society after living…

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