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Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They've Read Camus?ย 

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Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย  and His Mirrorย 

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Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜chidambaramโ€™

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The Horror of the Unseen: How โ€˜The Blair Witch Projectโ€™ Redefined Fear
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The Horror of the Unseen: How the 1999 Movie โ€˜The Blair Witch Projectโ€™ Redefined Fear

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A Short Film About Love (Krรณtki film o milosci,1988)
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Through the Lens of Love and Longing: Revisiting Kieล›lowskiโ€™s โ€˜A Short Film About Loveโ€™

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โ€˜The Ugly Stepsisterโ€™ and the Cost of Becoming โ€˜Beautiful Enoughโ€™
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Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย  and His Mirrorย 
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There Will Be Blood: A Compulsive Capitalist against a Volatile Force of Nature

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