Aliens. They come in peace, they destroy our planet, they mystify, terrify, and inspire. Crop Circle Cinema explores alien movies through the decades, specifically those set in rural places. Why do ...

In college, I studied history, film, and the environment. I don’t think I could have predicted that these three fields would eventually come together in one strange topic: extraterrestrials. I ...

I’ve taken quite a few courses on American cinema, which inevitably means I’ve spent a lot of time with the Western genre. From Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Shows to Spaghetti Westerns, I’ve consumed a ...