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Theresa - Movietraxx

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About Me


I love films and I love history. Basically, I am passionate about studying the history of the cinema. In particular I am intrigued by early German cinema and the Horror genre. I just finished my Masters' Thesis on the History of Film, or specifically on the representations of the body in films from the late Weimar Republic through to the Third Reich. I co-host Movietraxx, with Randy, Ron and James, on CFUV 101.9fm (cfuv.uvic.ca) once a month on Tuesday's at 8pm. Having 4 hosts with diferent perspectives means that you get a wide range of impressions and approaches to the cinema and film soundtracks. My shows look at topics relating to both past and present cinema, with a focus on the cinema as both personal and political and feature some of my favourite originally composed film soundtracks. Check it out!
Past topics have included:
- "A Brokeback Breakdown: Representations of Homosexuality in Popular Films"
- "Superman: From 1930's Depression to Post 9/11 Hero"
- "Sophia Coppola: Women and Power in the Film Industry"
- "Deepa Mehta: A Look at the Director and the Controversy behind her work"
- "Sexuality and Cabaret Films of the Early German Cinema"

My Interests

History of the Third Reich and the Weimar Republic, WWI and WWII History, Film Studies (in particular German cinema and horror films), Disc Golf, sewing, exploring the Gulf Islands (in particular Wise Island), traveling, playing games (in particular Citadels, Seafarers of Catan and Dr. Mario... of which I am... The Doctor)

Music:

Aqueduct, Final Fantasy, David Bowie, Chad VanGaalen, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Sonic Youth, The Stooges, The Pixies, Radiohead, Of Montreal, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (really anything Nick Cave touches incl. Birthday Party and "The Proposition" soundtrack), Dave Brubeck, Run Chico Run, Sleater Kinney, Ween, The Unicorns, Pink Floyd, The Flaming Lips, Barenaked Ladies, The Hip, Weezer, The Dresden Dolls, Nirvana, Architecture in Helsinki, Jim Guthrie... AND Pimp 500!... best band ever... so underground... although only because they are yet to emerge from their basement rehearsals

Movies:

Horror: Freaks (1932), Eyes Without a Face (1960), Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Thesis (1996), Peeping Tom (1960), Halloween (1978), Nosferatu (1922), Deathdream (1972), M (1931) German: Run Lola Run (1998), Wings of Desire (1987), The Blue Angel (1930), Pandora's Box (1929) Comedy: The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), Naked Gun 2 1/2: the Smell of Fear (1991), Dumb and Dumber (1994), Shaun of the Dead (2004) Woody Allen: Sleeper (1973), Annie Hall (1977) random: Dr. Strangelove (1964), No Man's Land (2001), Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense (1984).

Recently saw and enjoyed... Blood Feast (1963) [how can a movie go wrong with so much fake blood and fake eyebrows?], The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), Purple Rain (1984), 400 Blows (1959), The Phantom of the Paradise (1974) ... always looking for recommendations...

Television:

You mean this contraption can be used for something other than watching movies?!?... and Twin Peaks.

Books:

Fiction: Kobo Abe "Face of Another" and "The Woman in the Dunes", Tom Robbins "Jitterbug Perfume", Salman Rushdie "Haroun and the Sea of Stories", Patrick Suskind "Perfume", Virginia Woolf "A Room of one's own", Tom Wolfe "the pump house gang".Recently read and enjoyed... "Down and Out in Paris and London" George Orwell.Magazines: "Sight and Sound" and "Cineaction" Non-Fiction: Siegfried Kracauer "From Caligari to Hitler", Christopher R. Browning "Ordinary Men", Michel Foucault "Discipline and Punish" and "The History of Sexuality" and Naomi Wolf "The Beauty Myth" Essay: Laura Mulvey "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema"

My Blog

MOVIETRAX Mar 18 @ 8pm on CFUV 101.9 fm: The Remake: La Jette versus 12 Monkeys

This week on MOVIETRAX on CFUV 101.9 fm, or on the web at www.cfuv.uvic.ca, I will be exploring a successful film remake. I have a love/hate relationship with remakes. I hate them because I often fi...
Posted by Theresa - Movietraxx on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:12:00 PST

TODAYS Movietraxx Jan. 15th 8pm on CFUV: Graphic Novels and their Cinematic Counterparts

This week on Movietrax on CFUV, 101.9 fm in Victoria or on the web at www.cfuv.uvic.ca, I will be discussing the translation from graphic novel to the big screen of "30 Days of Night".  My expert...
Posted by Theresa - Movietraxx on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:23:00 PST

NEXT Movietraxx - Tues. Aug. 7 - "David Lynch: The Sounds of the Surreal"

On next week's Movietraxx, Tuesday August 7th @ 8pm on CFUV (101.9 fm or www.cfuv.uvic.ca), I will be exploring the films of David Lynch.  As this is a massive topic for a one hour show so I will...
Posted by Theresa - Movietraxx on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:49:00 PST

Movietraxx - Today 8pm @ CFUV- Larry Clarks "Kids" and Adolescent Sexuality

On today's Movietraxx, @ 8pm on CFUV 101.9 or www.cfuv.uvic.ca, I will be exploring the works of Larry Clark, with a focus on his controversial 1995 film Kids.  I will be discussing Clark's portr...
Posted by Theresa - Movietraxx on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:46:00 PST

Movietraxx Tues. June 26 @ 8pm: "The New Masculine Ideal"

On the next Movietraxx, Tuesday, June 26, at 8pm on CFUV 101.9 fm or cfuv.uvic.ca, I will be exploring the evolution of the ideal masculine as imaged in film.  In particular, I will focus on the ...
Posted by Theresa - Movietraxx on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:59:00 PST

Next MOVIETRAXX May 29 - Rheostatics: We are all better for having seen them...

On the next Movietraxx, Tuesday, May 29, at 8pm on CFUV 101.9 fm or cfuv.uvic.ca, I will be exploring the works of one of Canada's best, and yet least known, musical acts, the Rheostatics. This show ...
Posted by Theresa - Movietraxx on Thu, 24 May 2007 04:50:00 PST

Roman Polanski's "Repulsion": The Mirrored Gaze.

I just watched Roman Polanski's Repulsion (1965) for the first time.  I am on a 1960's horror kick right now and am really enjoying myself.  Repulsion is a remarkable film to watch, visually...
Posted by Theresa - Movietraxx on Tue, 08 May 2007 12:54:00 PST

Victoria's Erotica Festival of Film and Arts

So I dragged a couple of friends to Victoria's Erotica Film Festival on Sunday night at the Cinecenta.  There were 3 different showings happening, one at 4pm, 7pm and 9pm.  Given that I wake...
Posted by Theresa - Movietraxx on Tue, 08 May 2007 10:47:00 PST

NEXT MOVIETRAXX May 1 @ 8pm on CFUV!

On the next Movietraxx show on CFUV, at 101.9fm or www.cfuv.uvic.ca, I will be discussing the films of Pedro Almodovar, including "Bad Education" (2004), "Talk to Her" (2002), "All About My Mother" (1...
Posted by Theresa - Movietraxx on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:04:00 PST

CFUV Fundrive!!! March 9-16th

Hey Everybody! I am writing to inform you that this week is CFUV's Annual Fundrive, from March 9-16th. Please support your local, non-profit radio station.  All 4 Movietraxx co-hosts will be in t...
Posted by Theresa - Movietraxx on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:05:00 PST