PinnedJake Dihel·Dec 16, 2020The Cathode Ray Mission: Crash and the End of HistoryIt should be no secret that I’m embedded deeply within the David Cronenberg cult, the title of these criticism articles being a reference…
Jake Dihel·Feb 2, 2024The Cathode Ray Mission: Best of 2023“Movies are back” has been the often glib rallying cry for filmgoers since the doldrums of 2020’s lockdown period, in which the future…
Jake Dihel·Nov 23, 2023The Cathode Ray Mission: Dahl, Brecht, and Wes Anderson’s Late StyleWes Anderson is a rarity in the contemporary American cinema landscape, a genuine auteur who seemingly has license to pursue whatever…
Jake Dihel·Jan 24, 2023The Cathode Ray Mission: Best of 2022As far as movies go, 2022 was definitely one of the years of all time. We saw a few really remarkable Hollywood blockbusters amid a largely…
Jake Dihel·Dec 11, 2022Notes on the New Movie PollEvery decade starting in 1952 the British film magazine Sight & Sound runs a poll of critics and directors in an effort to name a broadly…
Jake Dihel·Dec 6, 2022The Cathode Ray Mission: I’m Not There and Printing the LegendOne thing to make clear up front: I’ve become obssessed with Bob Dylan over the past year. I’ve listened to all of his studio albums in…
Jake Dihel·Aug 15, 2022The Cathode Ray Mission: Touch of Evil and Law and OrderTo start with Touch of Evil, it is obvious and necessary to start with Orson Welles, and to understand the anxiety that surrounded his…
Jake Dihel·May 5, 2022The Cathode Ray Mission: We’re All Going to the World’s Fair and the Age of LonelinessSpoilers ahead.
Jake Dihel·Feb 19, 2022The Cathode Ray Mission: All That Heaven Allows and the Ties That BindThe Hollywood studio system was the productive norm in American filmmaking for much of film history’s classical era, starting in the 1920’s…A response icon1A response icon1
Jake Dihel·Oct 25, 2021The Cathode Ray Mission: Lucio Fulci and Unknown PleasuresAround the time that Psycho was opening the borders of American genre filmmaking, a similarly seismic event was occurring in Italy. Mario…
