Kyle Turner, Author at Movie Mezzanine

Kyle Turner

Kyle Turner is the assistant editor of Movie Mezzanine. He began writing on the internet in 2007 with his blog The Movie Scene. Since then, he has contributed to TheBlackMaria.org, Film School Rejects, Under the Radar, and IndieWire's /Bent. He is studying cinema at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. He is relieved to know that he is not a golem. Website: http://tylekurner.tumblr.com/

All posts by Kyle Turner

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The Fluid Identity of Janelle Monae

8 years ago by Kyle Turner

Kyle Turner compares the gender and image fluidity of Janelle Monae to David Bowie and Prince in this essay.

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“Casino Royale” at 10

8 years ago by Kyle Turner

Kyle Turner looks at "Casino Royale" on its 10th anniversary and connects 007 to the post-9/11 world.

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Trapped in the Closet: “Closet Monster” and Queer Body Horror

8 years ago by Kyle Turner

Kyle Turner explores the history of body horror in queer cinema in relation to the new film "Closet Monster."

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Ludicrously Tragic Show: On New Camp

8 years ago by Kyle Turner

On the eve of a restoration of John Waters' "Multiple Maniacs," Kyle Turner writes about the new era of camp in pop culture.

Exploring Past and Present
in “45 Years”

9 years ago by Kyle Turner

Set against the black of the screen, the only sound we hear in the opening credits of Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years resembles that of a cartridge changing, as if one of those seemingly ancient negative projectors were being perused, the names and production companie...

Through a Glass Lovingly: The Cinematography of Todd Haynes

9 years ago by Kyle Turner

In Todd Haynes’ Carol, the only time we are with Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) is in the car on the way to Carol Aird’s (Cate Blanchett) home in New Jersey. By “with,” this means when the audience is truly given the opportunity to grasp her mentality and emoti...

How Timothy Dalton’s James Bond Was The Proto-Daniel Craig

9 years ago by Kyle Turner

“You were fantastic. We’re free!” Kara Milovy, the blonde sniper-rifle-holstering cellist swoons. “Kara, we’re inside a Russian airbase in the middle of Afghanistan,” James Bond retorts. From other mouths, perhaps even Roger Moore’s, the latter line’s quippis...

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Another Brick: On Identity, Politics, and “Stonewall”

9 years ago by Kyle Turner

Writing about Roland Emmerich’s Stonewall has been in the back of my mind since the project was announced in 2013, before the trailer, before the promo images. Its presence in my mind as something to consider in any sense was twofold: first, as a newly out que...

“Z for Zachariah” Is Promising, But Frustrating

9 years ago by Kyle Turner

Recent post-apocalyptic films, from Zombieland to 28 Days Later have, to some degree kept their distance from religion—at least in an explicit sense. It's easy to link these world-weary genre pieces to theological themes in a more subtextual way, with very few...

Persona of Interest: “Tom at the Farm”

9 years ago by Kyle Turner

In a tense scene in writer-director Xavier Dolan’s Tom at the Farm, the hulking Francis (Pierre-Yves Cardinal), his muscular form not hidden by his suit, pushes his deceased brother’s diminutive boyfriend Tom (Dolan), to the corner of a bathroom stall. They ar...

Defanging the Unthinkable

A Fitting, Impressive Goodbye

The Ambivalent, Bittersweet "My Life as a Zucchini"

The Complex Morality of "No Country for Old Men"

A New Way of Telling Love Stories

Breaking Standards with Julian Rosefeldt of "Manifesto"

Indulging Mightily with Alex Ross Perry and the "Golden Exits" Cast

The Ultimate Meta-Performance: Kate Lyn Sheil on "Kate Plays Christine"

Now Playing: "From Nowhere"

Now Playing: "Fifty Shades Darker"

Now Playing: "War on Everyone"

Now Playing: "The Salesman"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 287: "Kundun"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 286: "Pinocchio"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 285: "That Darn Cat"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 284: "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement"

Defanging the Unthinkable

A Fitting, Impressive Goodbye

The Ambivalent, Bittersweet "My Life as a Zucchini"

The Complex Morality of "No Country for Old Men"

A New Way of Telling Love Stories

Breaking Standards with Julian Rosefeldt of "Manifesto"

Indulging Mightily with Alex Ross Perry and the "Golden Exits" Cast

The Ultimate Meta-Performance: Kate Lyn Sheil on "Kate Plays Christine"

Now Playing: "From Nowhere"

Now Playing: "Fifty Shades Darker"

Now Playing: "War on Everyone"

Now Playing: "The Salesman"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 287: "Kundun"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 286: "Pinocchio"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 285: "That Darn Cat"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 284: "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement"

Defanging the Unthinkable

A Fitting, Impressive Goodbye

The Ambivalent, Bittersweet "My Life as a Zucchini"

The Complex Morality of "No Country for Old Men"

A New Way of Telling Love Stories

Breaking Standards with Julian Rosefeldt of "Manifesto"

Indulging Mightily with Alex Ross Perry and the "Golden Exits" Cast

The Ultimate Meta-Performance: Kate Lyn Sheil on "Kate Plays Christine"

Now Playing: "From Nowhere"

Now Playing: "Fifty Shades Darker"

Now Playing: "War on Everyone"

Now Playing: "The Salesman"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 287: "Kundun"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 286: "Pinocchio"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 285: "That Darn Cat"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 284: "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement"

All posts by Kyle Turner

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