This special episode of Film Fatal gives an overview of film history as well as an introduction to film theory! Learn about the history of the cinematograph, the development of montage from Soviet cinema to the present day, and, of course, feminist film theory! For those of you who’ve always been wandering what we mean when we talk about the male gaze, this episode explains it all!

Films discussed in this episode:

Sing Sing dir. Greg Kwedar

Man with A Movie Camera dir. Dziga Vertov

Citizen Kane dir. Orson Welles

Portrait of a Lady on Fire dir. Céline Sciamma