Ice hockey is a sport defined by speed, impact, and precision. Players must aggressively fight for position at breakneck pace in a game as physically punishing as it is technically demanding. Injuries are an unfortunate but expected part of the sport, and no position is more vulnerable than that of the goaltender. Tasked with stopping […]

During the second half of the 20th century, Cold War anxiety and paranoia played out on America’s silver screens via the explosively popular horror genre. These films both reflected and shaped how Americans understood the perceived threats of a rapidly changing world.  This paper examines five horror films—Them! (1954), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), […]