Ruofan Cui

Ruofan Cui is the arts & culture editor with the McGill Left Review. He is a U4 student in the political science and history departments whose interest is in the construction and manifestation of collective narrative. To that effect, he focuses in historiography, film and media studies, and their relationship to the creation of ideologies.

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An Introduction to RIDM: Five Essential Leftist Films

Published: 2017-11-09

Arts and Culture Editor Ruofan Cui introduces the McGill Left Review's audience to his top picks in the upcoming Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal.

Netflix: The Imperialism of Insulated Media Atmospheres

Published: 2017-11-06

Arts and Culture Editor Ruofan Cui proposes that Netflix's appearance as a platform for individualized media consumption obscures its fundamentally ideological function.

Rashomon: Framing Narrative and the Importance of Everyday Self-Criticism

Published: 2017-10-11

In his latest piece, Arts and Culture Editor Ruofan Cui analyzes how narrative is framed in Rashomon, its implications for knowledge production and conflating everyday fictions for truth.

Universal Basic Income & the 21st Century Welfare State

Published: 2017-02-26

After the implosion of the 20th century welfare state, a program of unconditional, universal income has the potential to fill the void.

La La Land: Star-Crossed Lovers in the City of Cultural Mass Production

Published: 2017-02-10

Damien Chazelle's latest film shows the tensions that arise between maintaining one's individuality and serving the audience as a commodity.

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