Esthétique de la trace dans No Country for Old Men (Ethan et Joel Coen, 2007) by Christophe Gelly

“…However, these traces are often illegible or refer to an undefined meaning. The Coen brothers’ film adapts this problematic, which in the novel focuses on the blurring of the interpretation of the clues through a specific iconic and sound transposition, notably through the use of close-ups and dolly shots that indicate a reading of the clues that is always doomed to failure. …”
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Part of the people or apart from the people? by clinton peter verdonschot

“… Barbie (2023) is both a feminist and a metaphysical film. It is a story of ideas regarding girls and their fantasies and the relation of the two vis-à-vis each other. …”
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Mythe et colonies dans l’Allemagne de Weimar by Catherine Repussard

“…Contemporary postcolonial scholars, whose approaches focus on the perception of the Other using a counter-gaze from the ‘peripheries’ towards the ‘centre’, are not alone in having endeavoured to deconstruct colonial thought. In his last film Tabu, eine Geschichte aus der Südsee (1931), Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau denounced the destruction of non-European cultures (Polynesian in that case) under the influence of the political, economic and cultural European interventionism. …”
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The thermoelectric conversion efficiency problem: Insights from the electron gas thermodynamics close to a phase transition by I. Khomchenko, A. Ryzhov, F. Maculewicz, F. Kurth, R. Hühne, A. Golombek, M. Schleberger, C. Goupil, Ph. Lecoeur, A. Böhmer, G. Benenti, G. Schierning, H. Ouerdane

“…By relating the thermoelastic properties of the electronic working fluid to its transport properties (considering noninteracting electron systems), we show why the performance of conventional semiconductor materials is doomed to remain low. Analyzing the temperature dependence of the power factor theoretically in 2D systems and experimentally in a thin film, we find that in the fluctuation regimes of an electronic phase transition, the thermoelectric power factor can significantly increase owing to the increased compressibility of the electron gas. …”
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Passée la porte, il n’y a rien que du vent : Southern et Western, du désenchantement au crépuscule by Christian Viviani

“…The premonitory intuition of these films constitutes the red thread of the present article.…”
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Are adverse childhood experiences scores associated with heroism or villainy? A quantitative observational study of Marvel and DC Cinematic Universe characters. by Julia Wigmore, Bilal Ahmed, Gabriel Joaquino, Elke Jaibeeh Barah, Zahra Upal, Teressa Boring, Marika Lee, Eron Muel, Samantha Perry, Sandra Davidson, Carla Ginn, Carla Ferreira, Twyla Ens, Jennifer Jackson

“…Our aim was to assess whether total Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) scores were associated with heroism or villainy among Marvel and DC Characters. We watched 33 films, with a total runtime of 77 hours and 5 minutes. …”
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