AuralFrame
Lloyd DeanFilm criticism on the sound, feeling and cultural context of cinema
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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Spielberg's Disclosure Day Delivers
Source: The Independent
Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day (2026) releases in the context of American government publishing hundreds of files on UFOs and UAPs (an awkwardly pronounced acronym: Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena). The film pla...
Masters of the Universe gives He-Man a dose of Barbie medicine
Source: Deadline
If Barbie and Ken dolls could translate into the charming cinematic success of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (2023), it’s no surprise the bigwigs at Mattel have sought to capitalise on another historically successful duo from thei...
Backrooms and its many metaphors
Source: Comics Gaming Magazine
Kane Parsons, who writes and directs the Jungian shadowed horror Backrooms, is no stranger to filmmaking despite the youthful looks of the twenty-year-old YouTuber. His short video, The Backrooms (Found Foota...
La Grazia (2026)
Source: Sportellate
The opening of Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film, La Grazia, points to the sky as the camera focuses on three military jets that fly by to leave a loitering cloud of red, white and green from il tricolore. As the smoke slo...
Obsession, objectification & opportunity
Source: ScreenRant
Meet Bear. Age unknown. Maybe mid-20s. Fed up with his loneliness and the way things are going he decides to finally tell his friend, Nikki, he’s madly in love with her. She’s already told him about a book she’s writing;...
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I write film criticism and publish movie reviews and exploratory film essays on AuralFrame, often guided by sound. You can also follow me on Letterboxd (link below).
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