The movie of the year did not have a theatrical release. It wasn’t even on tv. It was a webcast. Adam Curtis’s Hypernormalizaion is essential viewing this year. The film of the year had to […]
Tag: critical theory
Evading the Body Snatchers
I saw Philip Kaufman’s The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) again last night. Beyond the camp and aged effects, it really has these creepy ideas I think it’s one of those prophetic movies that kind […]
The Dark Side Awakens: The Eternal Recurrence of Reactionary Societies in Star Wars
As a moviegoer last year I was equally parts dismayed and underwhelmed by Star Wars: The Force Awakens. (Hold on, fans, there will be something for you here…) The uber-hype-fest that drew the culture to the theaters […]
A Fragile Dignity: Intro Part I
There has been a lot of talk lately about virtual reality. I don’t mean people who wear headsets or Google Glass, but that reality itself as a field of experience is somehow in doubt. The […]
A Fragile Dignity 