The Queue

The Queue is an oft-recurring column in which Meg Shields provides you with a distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web.

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Gay Rebel Without A Cause Guy

The Cinematic Origins of the “Bury Your Gays” Cliché

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Every trope has an origin story.

Psycho Stair Scene

Anatomy of a Suspense Scene: Alfred Hitchcock’s 4-Part Formula

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Or: how to make a scene go off without a Hitch.

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How A24 Revived Studio Loyalty

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The studio system be like “I lived bitch.”

Strange World Disney

Can We Have More Solarpunk Movies, Please?

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Be right back, I’m off to find some overalls and my gardening gloves.

Nope Day For Night

Why “Day for Night” Is So Hard to Pull Off

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Lights out! I mean on! Wait, uh —

The Last Of Us Se

Behind the Scenes: How they Filmed ‘The Last of Us’

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A deeper dive on the HBO show that’s spore than meets the eye.

To Die For

Let Them Film Cake: A Confectionary Montage

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Make a wish!

Inception Mirror Shot

How Filmmakers Make Cameras Disappear in Mirror Shots

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Mirror, mirror on the wall … why don’t you reflect the movie camera that is obviously pointed at you?

The Borderlands

Hallowed Ground: Why You Should Watch ‘The Borderlands’

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Hope you like the words “cave” and “acid” in the same sentence.