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It’s (Not) Just Film Studies: On Returning to “Scream”
HOME REVIEWS June 1, 2023 • By Kartik Nair “What’s your favorite scary
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June 1, 2023 • By Kartik Nair
"What's your favorite scary movie?"
"Not that one."
— "Reggie" and Laura's phone conversation, opening scene, Scream VI (2023)
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Kartik Nair
LARB CONTRIBUTOR
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Passion of the Zeitgeist: Judging the Relative Elevation of "Midsommar"
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Kartik Nair is an assistant professor of film studies at Temple University. His first book, Seeing Things, explores horror films made in 1980s Bombay, and will be out with University of California Press in 2024. His writing has appeared in Film Quarterly, The New Inquiry, Discourse, and the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies.