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What is Cinemyth

Cinemyth is a lens—one I’ve found myself coming back to over and over, especially when a film hits me on a level I can’t quite explain. Cinemyth explores the symbolic structures, archetypes, and ritual language hiding in plain sight across the stories we love.

What Cinemyth Isn’t

Cinemyth isn’t a film theory.

It’s not a ranking system.
It’s not about deciding which movies matter more than others.
It’s not academic.
It’s not about “right” interpretations.
It’s not about why the latest Marvel movie doesn’t work.
(Though, sometimes it might come up. 🤷‍♂️)

Who Am I?

I’m not a critic. I’m not film school trained. I don’t pretend to be definitive. But I am serious about tracking how meaning works in cinema—not just on the surface, but in its bones.

I’m just someone who kept watching movies and eventually noticed callbacks and echoes to older stories. Someone who wondered why some stories hit harder than others and why sometimes the most emotional beats come from the least emotional characters.

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