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The Impossible Third Act Of Western Film
They can't stick the ending (which is that they're ending) -
The Military-Industrial Mafia
And the bust-out of America’s military -
How War Is Peak Capitalism
Comparing Das Boot and Das Kapital -
The Subtle Propaganda Of Hollywood
How Hollywood violently defends the status quo -
How Films Are Like Psychotic Episodes
Watching ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ -
How Dystopian Art Became Utopian Advertising
A Blade Runner future, Metaverse, and eating Soylent should all be terrifying. Instead, they’re cool. -
Science Is The New Science Fiction
Real collapse is just another on-screen dystopia -
How The Hero’s Journey Is Totalitarian
When bad guys try to change the world, heroes put them down -
Our Love/Hate Relationship With Violence
We love violent movies but get dismayed at violent news -
Advertising Is How Corporations Dream
And it’s a nightmare for human beings -
It’s Definitely Time For Bond To Die
Even Daniel Craig is tired of this asshole, and it shows -
The Diversity Of Foundation
The delightful lack of white people in Apple's TV show -
How I Grew Up Transphobic (With Ace Ventura)
Hating trans people was popular culture just a generation ago -
The Monkey Roots Of Inequality
We keep appealing to reason but we're just apes -
Inside Wuhan: Ai Weiwei’s CoroNation
An important film, showing the tragedy and triumph of the first outbreak of COVID-19 -
How TENET Is Like A Zen Koan
Meditation by gunfire -
How Contagion The Film Is Better Than Reality
For one thing, the villain isn’t President -
My Family Has More Staff Than Parasite
How I felt about the film -
How Parasite Is A Haunted House Story
Horror capitalism -
The Irishman Is Missing A Woman
The lead female only says seven words. Three of them are ‘why?’ -
Downton Abbey, Ellen And The Banality Of Evil
By being polite, we justify atrocity -
Netflix Has Started A War With Its Suppliers
The battle for peak TV has just begun
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