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The Film Bro is Dead; Long Live the Film Bro.

After almost a decade of use (and misuse) on the internet, it's time to unpack what exactly the film bro is, why he's significant, and how social media killed him.

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Works Cited:

Urban Dictionary. "filmbro." https://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...
Amber Rawlings. "I Met a Film Bro - Here's What I Learned." Little White Lies. 2021. https://lwlies.com/articles/i-met-a-f...
Fletcher Peters. "Instead of Ragging on Film Bros, Embrace Your Inner Film Diva." Decider. 2021. https://decider.com/2021/09/30/film-b...
Jack Loney. "How Critics Created the Film Bro." Lithium Magazine. 2020. https://lithiumagazine.com/2020/07/23...
Kaiya Shunyata. "How ‘Film Bro’ movies helped me explore my gender identity." gal-dem. 2021. https://gal-dem.com/how-film-bro-movi...
Miranda Gershoni. "Lessons From the Film Bro." Medium. 2020.   / lessons-from-the-film-bro  
Talissa Febra and Bintang Lestada. "How to Know If You're a 'Cinebro'." Vice. 2017. https://www.vice.com/en/article/paza8...
Madeleine Mason. "An Examination of the “Bro” in our Film Culture." 14 East Magazine. 2019. http://fourteeneastmag.com/index.php/...
Leah Dennis. "If You've Seen 19/28 Of These Movies Then You're A Total Film Bro." Buzzfeed. 2019. https://www.buzzfeed.com/leahdennis/h...
Letterboxd Search Results for "film bro" in Lists: https://letterboxd.com/search/lists/f...

Music Featured:

Both Flanks by Small Colin
Setup With an E by Small Colin
Warmed Up Mono Box by Small Colin
The Wind by Komiku
Love Him by Loyalty Freak Music
Finally Lost by Hinterheim
Carnival by Smallertide
And Never Come Back by Soft & Furious

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