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 La Voglia Matta (1962), An Interesting Film I Discovered Last Night 31 Dec 202011 Jan 2021 I was hoping to finish my joint review of The Libertine and The Slave as the final blog post of the year, but unfortunately it's gonna need some extra time…
Media Analyses… Beautiful New Years Fantasy 24 Dec 202030 Dec 2020 This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. I used to grow up watching a lot of those stop-motion Rankin-Bass specials around…
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… 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 Thoughts on Rocko’s Modern Life 7 Dec 20207 Dec 2020 I'm not sure if this is apparent to my readers or not, based solely on my body of work, but 90's nostalgia has always been a big part of my…
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 Movie Poster Look-Alikes 3 Dec 20202 Dec 2020 I haven't been able to finish any writing prompts lately, due to various personal and scheduling issues. That said, I still have a handful of entries in various stages of…
Media Analyses… Personal Tragedy & Peanuts 23 Nov 202023 Nov 2020 Not to appear as though I'm fishing for sympathy or anything, but my grandfather recently passed away. It's been pretty difficult for me considering I haven't seen him in four…
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… 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… The Most Cherished Film of My Childhood 21 Oct 202019 Nov 2020 The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the very first movie I ever saw in the cinema. Toy Story 2 is the film I saw the most times in a theater,…
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…
Media Analyses In Defense of DVD Audio Commentaries (& Sharing A Modest Collection of Them) 16 Oct 202023 Oct 2020 I've been really interested in DVD audio commentaries lately after listening to Peter Hyams' for Running Scared and John Hughes' for Ferris Bueller's Day Off (the only time he ever…
Media Analyses… The Dream of a Perfectly Designed, Progressive Metropolis… 15 Oct 202016 Oct 2020 I just saw this great documentary from Defunctland about Walt Disney's original plan for EPCOT as a futuristic metropolis. I'd heard of his plans before, but never in such detail,…
Media Analyses Overlooked / Underrated Fictional Characters I Wish to Bestow Accolades Upon (EXTRA!!) 14 Oct 202014 Oct 2020 As it turns out, immediately after I posted the main entries in this series I thought of a bunch of other participants I should have included. So, why not, let's…
Media Analyses… 4 Brief, Miscellaneous, Not-Depressing, Poli-Sci Musings 13 Oct 202013 Oct 2020 The title says it all, these are some thoughts regarding politics I've wanted to share, but didn't have enough content on their own to be standalone blog entries. A Poli-Sci…
Media Analyses Additional Recommendations for Lesser-Known Music 11 Oct 202011 Oct 2020 You can consider this a companion piece to my other "playlist" of semi obscure music which I feel deserves a wider audience. To reiterate, I know modern election seasons are…
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 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 12 Overlooked / Underrated Fictional Characters I Wish to Bestow Accolades Upon (2/2) 6 Oct 202014 Nov 2020 Continuing on from last time, here's the rest of the list. Remember these are not presented in any particular order. Little Bear Little Bear was perhaps the best series Nick…
Media Analyses 12 Overlooked / Underrated Fictional Characters I Wish to Bestow Accolades Upon (1/2) 5 Oct 20205 Oct 2020 Something I've been noticing a lot with media the last few years is that what's not explicitly stated about a character can often be more tantalizing than what is. I…
Media Analyses The Most Iconic Song from the Summer of Love 1 Oct 20201 Oct 2020 Usually, I prefer to give the spotlight to lesser known people and art on this site when I can. Frankly, I find the articles which just reiterate the same ten…
Media Analyses The Delicate Beauty of Bonnie & Wendy Flower 29 Sep 202029 Sep 2020 One of the first posts on this blog was a list of lesser known albums. In that early series, I talked about classifying old music into different categories of rarity…
Media Analyses Seinfeld’s Early Years (w/ Emphasis on Elaine) 26 Sep 202026 Sep 2020 I love Seinfeld. It's by far my favorite sitcom, one of my "go-to" programs I can just throw on at any time, in any emotional state, and find myself enjoying.…
Media Analyses… Beautiful Labor Day Fantasy 7 Sep 20206 Oct 2020 This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. I usually try to be pretty upbeat on this blog and focus on the…
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…
Media Analyses… 60+ More Attempts at Designing Flags 22 Jul 202027 Sep 2020 I love vexillology (the study of flags) and in a previous blog entry, I offered some designs I'd made for various political philosophies. For fun, because that's just the kinda…
Media Analyses… As Both a Film Buff & a Leftist, I Hate Hollywood 6 Jul 202023 Aug 2020 I mean, post Weinstein and all the other #MeToo bombshells, that's hardly a hot take I guess, but it's true and I feel the need to say it. I'm sick…
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…
