Sarah Gorr

Sarah Gorr is a writer and professional editor in Chicago that loves movies almost as much as she loves making eye contact with other people's dogs. She's also the co-host of the superhero-rewatch podcast, Futility Belt.

Essays written by Sarah:

• Scrooged – A Soulless Christmas, December 19, 2017
• The Last Picture Show – Ghost Towns, December 12, 2017
• The Last Picture Show – Opening Statement, December 11, 2017
• Malcolm X – White Audiences and the Legacy of Malcolm X, November 14, 2017
• A Nightmare on Elm Street – In Context: Fears Real and Imagined in 1984, October 31, 2017
• The Nightmare – Documentary, Truth, and Horror, October 17, 2017
• There Will Be Blood – On Fathers and Sons, September 26, 2017
• Fitzcarraldo – Herzog, the Jungle, and Me: Notes on Iquitos and the "Conquest of the Useless", August 29, 2017
• Fitzcarraldo – Opening Statement, August 28, 2017
• Bonnie and Clyde – Sexual Dysfunction, Romance, and Violence, August 15, 2017
• Being There – First Viewing: Re-thinking Peter Sellers, August 8, 2017
• Gone with the Wind – First Viewing: Out of the Canon, July 25, 2017
• Film as Fabric, July 11, 2017
• Picnic at Hanging Rock – Mystery and Philosophy, June 20, 2017
• Mon Oncle – Nostalgia and Realism, June 14, 2017
• Mon Oncle – Opening Statement, June 12, 2017
• Badlands – The Fantasy of Romance, May 23, 2017
• Being John Malkovich – Related Review: Anomalisa, May 19, 2017
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes – Gentlewomen Prefer Brunettes, May 3, 2017
• Do the Right Thing – Radio Raheem, Trayvon Martin & Black Lives Matter, April 25, 2017
• Do the Right Thing – Opening Statement, April 24, 2017
• Close-Up – Blurred Lines: Documentary and Drama, April 4, 2017
• Beauty and the Beast – Practical Magic, March 22, 2017
• M – First Viewing: Murder and Mob Mentality, February 22, 2017
• In the Mood for Love – Scenessential: Honesty, Handbags, and Neckties, February 8, 2017
• In the Mood for Love – Opening Statement, February 6, 2017
• Touch of Evil – Discussing Racism and the Canon, January 31, 2017
• The African Queen – Related Review: In a Lonely Place, January 19, 2017
• La La Land – The Nature of Homage, January 4, 2017
• Home Alone – Filmography: John Hughes, December 21, 2016
• Dog Day Afternoon – First Viewing, December 14, 2016
• No Country for Old Men – The Power of Violence, December 6, 2016
• No Country for Old Men – Opening Statement, December 5, 2016
• Election – Further Streaming: 2016 in a Nutshell, November 11, 2016
• Halloween – Related Review: The Slumber Party Massacre, October 26, 2016
• All That Heaven Allows – Feminism in a Feminine Space, October 11, 2016
• All That Heaven Allows – Opening Statement, October 10, 2016
• Thelma & Louise – The Invisibility of Female Antiheroes, August 16, 2016
• Thelma & Louise – Opening Statement, August 15, 2016
• Ghost in the Shell – First Viewing, July 26, 2016
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Scenessential: Too Close for Comfort, July 19, 2016
• Aliens / Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Ripley vs. T-800, July 11, 2016

The Cinessential Podcasts:

• Episode 24: A Nightmare on Elm Street, November 3, 2017
• Episode 23: Blade Runner, October 20, 2017
• Episode 22: There Will Be Blood, September 28, 2017
• Episode 20: Fitzcarraldo, September 1, 2017
• Episode 19: Bonnie and Clyde, August 18, 2017
• Episode 17: Gone with the Wind, August 2, 2017
• Episode 16: Picnic at Hanging Rock, June 26, 2917
• Episode 14: Children of Men, April 17, 2017
• Episode 12: Beauty and the Beast, March 27, 2017
• Episode 11: M, February 27. 2017
• Episode 10: 2017 Oscar Preview Special, February 24, 2017
• Episode 9: In the Mood for Love, February 13, 2017
• Episode 7: La La Land & The Best of 2016, January 13, 2017
• Episode 6: Home Alone, December 24, 2016
• Episode 5: No Country for Old Men, December 12, 2016
• Episode 4: The Poseidon Adventure, December 3, 2016
• Episode 3: Election, November 14, 2016
• Episode 2: Halloween, October 28, 2016
• Episode 1: The Departed, October 7, 2016