Media Analyses… The Overlooked Brilliance of Femina Ridens (1969) 9 Feb 202027 May 2020 I'll just come right out with it; Femina Ridens is an absolute masterpiece. Not merely a magnum opus among soft-core erotica, or of Euro-exploitation movies, or of Italian "sleaze," nor…
Media Analyses Erotic Cinema: A Lost Film, Cool Posters & More Femina Ridens Praise 12 Nov 202012 Nov 2020 Through a complicated series of events, I recently decided to delve into the world of X-rated movies once again, specifically the "roughie" exploitation variety. I've been in a dark mood…
Media Analyses Femina Ridens (1969) Addendum: Novelization & Alternate Cuts of the Film 18 Mar 202027 Mar 2020 So this post will be like an unofficial "sequel" to my earlier analysis of Femina Ridens (aka The Laughing Woman). I hadn't originally intended to do a follow-up but by…
Media Analyses Something a Little Less Serious (Random Art) 8 Oct 20207 Oct 2020 After all that bleakness contained in my last batch of uploads, let's relax for a second now and enjoy something less depressing. Here are some aesthetically pleasing images I've found…
Media Analyses… Another “Playlist” of Lesser Known Music I Strongly Recommend 8 Oct 20208 Oct 2020 Here's something else to subside some of the dreariness out of the last two days' depressing uploads. One of the very first blog posts I ever made was a giant…
Media Analyses A Playlist of Italian Soundtrack Highlights (Feedback Appreciated) 4 Dec 202017 Dec 2020 I'm making a mixtape for someone, and as a proof of concept I wanted to play around with track sequences as a YouTube playlist first. If you'd like to listen…
Media Analyses The Libertine (1968) Follow Up: Novelization & Blu-Ray Thoughts 11 Feb 202121 Feb 2021 Please excuse the long delay in updates, the last month has been pretty hectic. I'm hoping to post more frequently in the next few weeks, because I have a lot…
Media Analyses Feminine Sexuality in Cinema (2/4) The Libertine (1968) aka La Matriarca 17 Jan 202117 Jan 2021 In my limited experience thus far, I've seen four spectacular Italian films about BDSM: Femina Ridens, Check to the Queen, The Libertine and Devil in the Flesh. Each one explores…
Media Analyses… Radley Metzger & the Artistry of Golden Age Porn 29 May 202029 May 2020 I truly cannot emphasize enough how much Femina Ridens has influenced me over the past year. That one perfectly bizarre film, which I only discovered by complete chance, has expanded…
Media Analyses… A New Milestone Has Been Reached! (What’s Next For theCarbonFreeze?) 18 Oct 202020 Oct 2020 As of the publication of this entry, if you include all prospective blog posts that are in the editing process or already finished and scheduled to launch at a future…
About the Site My name is Cassandra Burke and The Carbon Freeze is a personal blog made for the purpose of hosting my essays and other projects. The name of the site refers…
Media Analyses… Yet Another Lost Media Rabbit Hole [UPDATE & A Defense of Sex] 16 Dec 202016 Dec 2020 I found another compelling lost media rabbit hole. So, I love most of the Radley Metzger films I've seen, and the amazing European erotic films his company distributed to the…
Media Analyses… My Favorite Works of Art Across Multiple Forms of Media 19 Mar 202021 Aug 2020 It was one year ago today that I registered the domain name for "theCarbonFreeze.com" and started posting! It's been a lot of fun uploading some of my old essays which…
Political Reactions LBJ ’64 DNC Nomination Acceptance Speech Analysis 7 Mar 202024 Mar 2020 LBJ has never been one of my favorite overall orators, but this is almost certainly his best speech. I'll start by making note of something I can't recall seeing in…
Media Analyses… Thoughts on Groundhog Day (and the Meaning of Life) 31 Oct 202031 Oct 2020 I've had this old review of Groundhog Day waiting around literally from the very first day I started the blog. I have held off on posting it until now because…
Media Analyses I Dolci Inganni (1960) aka Sweet Deceptions, is a Forgotten Masterpiece 27 Feb 202128 Feb 2021 I thought about including this review as a last minute addition to my ongoing "Feminine Sexuality in Cinema" series, since it fits right in. Ultimately though, I decided to just…
Media Analyses To Kill in Silence (1972) Fractured, Forgotten & Flawed 26 May 20203 Jul 2020 It all began with Stelvio Cipriani's beautiful compositions and the algorithms dictating YouTube's music playlists. That's what introduced me to Femina Ridens nearly a year ago, and that film in…
Media Analyses… Lost Media (3/3) My “Holy Grails” (Literature) 1 Jul 20201 Jul 2020 My list of Lost Media "Holy Grails" ended up being longer than I anticipated, so I spun off the last few entries into this standalone post. It probably goes without…
Media Analyses My Take on Several Unrelated ’70s Sleaze / Exploitation Films 28 Feb 202128 Feb 2021 Guys, the human race is basically fucked, so just enjoy the ride for the last ten odd years that we have left. Find people you love and spend time with…
Media Analyses Feminine Sexuality in Cinema (1/4) Intro & Barbarella 19 Dec 202017 Jan 2021 Cannabis is a miraculous substance which I credit for giving me a greater appreciation towards certain works of art. In my experience, to witness a film or album while stoned…
Media Analyses… I Finished My Final, Long-Promised, SMiLE Mix (Plus A Special Bonus Project!!) 21 Aug 202024 Aug 2020 We've reached another milestone here at the Carbon Freeze--post #270! If you'll recall, 27 is my favorite number and as a result, it's tradition that I celebrate 27-related anniversaries by…
Thoughts & Memories Weird, Tantalizing Dreams I’ve Had: The Revenge 15 Nov 202015 Nov 2020 Installment numero seis. It seems like every time I make another of these collections, I swear up and down that I've found the last of my old, old dream journal…
Thoughts & Memories Weird, Touching Dreams I’ve Had: Requiem 3 Sep 202020 Sep 2020 Yesterday I posted some heavy shit about police brutality, so here's something a little less serious to hopefully lighten the mood a bit. The dreams trilogy is complete, perhaps with…
Media Analyses… Lost Media (2/3) My “Holy Grails” (Audio-Visual) 25 Jun 202025 Jun 2020 So, in the last section, I discussed what lost media means to me, how I came to be acquainted with the topic and works which I've helped save or at…
