Media Analyses Erotic Cinema: A Lost Film, Cool Posters & More Femina Ridens Praise 12 Nov 20204 Mar 2021 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 202018 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… The Overlooked Brilliance of Femina Ridens (1969) 9 Feb 20204 Mar 2021 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 I Made Two Playlists of Beautiful Italian Film Compositions 10 Apr 202110 Apr 2021 It may be a stereotype but man did those Italians know how to make beautiful music. The soundtracks for a lot of these films I've been watching lately just blow…
Media Analyses Catherine Spaak is My New Favorite Actress and Here’s Why (Film Recommendations & Lost Media Abound) 6 Apr 20216 Apr 2021 You may remember that in the very early days of my blog, I wrote about my favorite lesser known actors and promised a follow-up for lesser known actresses. I haven't…
Thoughts & Memories Second Anniversary of the Carbon Freeze! 19 Mar 2021 So, it's been two years to the date that theCarbonFreeze.com has been a thing. I had some ideas to commemorate the occasion, like a "best film/media to consume to be…
Media Analyses My Take on Several Unrelated ’70s Sleaze / Exploitation Films 28 Feb 20214 Mar 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 I Dolci Inganni (1960) aka Sweet Deceptions, is a Forgotten Masterpiece 27 Feb 20214 Mar 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 The Libertine (1968) Follow Up: Novelization & Blu-Ray Thoughts 11 Feb 20214 Mar 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 20214 Mar 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 Feminine Sexuality in Cinema (1/4) Intro & Barbarella 19 Dec 20204 Mar 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… Yet Another Lost Media Rabbit Hole [UPDATE & A Defense of Sex] 16 Dec 20204 Mar 2021 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…
Thoughts & Memories Weird, Tantalizing Dreams I’ve Had: The Revenge 15 Nov 20204 Mar 2021 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…
Media Analyses… Thoughts on Groundhog Day (and the Meaning of Life) 31 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… A New Milestone Has Been Reached! (What’s Next For theCarbonFreeze?) 18 Oct 20204 Mar 2021 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…
Media Analyses… Another “Playlist” of Lesser Known Music I Strongly Recommend 8 Oct 20204 Mar 2021 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 Something a Little Less Serious (Random Art) 8 Oct 20204 Mar 2021 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…
Thoughts & Memories Weird, Touching Dreams I’ve Had: Requiem 3 Sep 20204 Mar 2021 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… I Finished My Final, Long-Promised, SMiLE Mix (Plus A Special Bonus Project!!) 21 Aug 20204 Mar 2021 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…
Media Analyses… Lost Media (3/3) My “Holy Grails” (Literature) 1 Jul 20204 Mar 2021 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… Lost Media (2/3) My “Holy Grails” (Audio-Visual) 25 Jun 20204 Mar 2021 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…
Media Analyses… Radley Metzger & the Artistry of Golden Age Porn 29 May 20204 Mar 2021 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 To Kill in Silence (1972) Fractured, Forgotten & Flawed 26 May 20204 Mar 2021 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… My Favorite Works of Art Across Multiple Forms of Media 19 Mar 20204 Mar 2021 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 20207 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…
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…
Thoughts & Memories A Serpentarian’s Testimony 11 Jun 20204 Mar 2021 We always picture the entrance to Heaven as a golden gate on some clouds, and Hell is a burning cave of devils prodding sinners with their pitchforks. What if they…
