PinnedMartine NyxinCinemaniaFemale Sexuality on Screen: A Short HistoryFrom ‘Metropolis’ to ‘Poor Things’: Uncensoring Female Desire·7 min read·Feb 28, 2024--1--1
PinnedMartine NyxinCinemaniaIn Defense of Analog FilmA Love Letter of Sorts·5 min read·Apr 24, 2023--10--10
PinnedMartine NyxTo Speak a Second Language Is to Have a Second SoulLet a polyglot explain to you why·5 min read·Apr 5, 2023--20--20
PinnedMartine NyxReclaiming Your Identity After a Personality Disorder and a Pandemic Destroyed ItMy early to mid-20s (I am twenty-six as I write this) were dedicated to the initial misshaping and eventual utter disintegration of my…·10 min read·Mar 31, 2023--5--5
Martine NyxinCounter ArtsDismantling Fatal Attraction’s Stigmatization of Borderline Personality DisorderThe 1987 thriller demonized Borderline Personality Disorder patients for decades — with disastrous consequences·8 min read·3 days ago--15--15
Martine NyxinCinemaniaThe Lyrical Coming-of-Age Horror of ‘Valerie and Her Week of Wonders’A forgotten masterpiece that combines beauty, horror, sexual emancipation, and social critique·5 min read·6 days ago--1--1
Martine NyxinFanfare‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ and the Will to DestroyA deeper look at Martin McDonagh’s tale of human destructiveness·6 min read·Jun 2, 2024--16--16
Martine NyxinCinemaniaPoliticizing Naked Bodies: Emma Stone in ‘Poor Things’ and Barry Keoghan in ‘Saltburn’As it turns out, male nudity is not as newsworthy — or political — as female nudity·4 min read·May 12, 2024--3--3
Martine NyxinCinemaniaStory Structure: How ‘Oppenheimer’ Succeeds Where ‘Napoleon’ FailsComparing storytelling strategies in the two historical epics·6 min read·May 9, 2024--6--6