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Tag Archives: film
Two New Essays That Are Brilliant
So there are two essays that have come out recently that I think are awesome. I want you to check them out. The first is James Stanescu’s “Toward a Dark Animal Studies: On Vegetarian Vampires, Beautiful Souls, and Becoming-Vegan.” I … Continue reading
Posted in Theory
Tagged animals, art, film, melancholia, philosophy, scu, steven shaviro, tim morton
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David Mitchell on Films
. . . the vacant disneyarium was a haunting frame for those lost, rainy landscapes. Giants strode the screen, lit by sunlite captured through a lens when your grandfather’s grandfather, Archivist, was kicking in his natural womb. Time is the … Continue reading
Posted in Quote Time
Tagged cloud atlas, david mitchell, film, quote
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On Prometheus
So I have been puzzling over a Prometheus post for a few weeks now–in fact, I’ve been thinking about it since I made this post where I tried to answer some of the answerable questions of the film. However, what finally … Continue reading
Posted in General Features
Tagged ben abraham, edouard glissant, film, opacity, prometheus
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On Doin’ The Right Thing
For a while I was going through comic shop $1 bins and buying up anything that looked weird. I don’t really know why I was doing that–it seemed like a good idea. With comics like Adventure floating around in the world, how … Continue reading
Posted in Comics
Tagged comics, do the right thing, fantastic four, film, superheroes
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Getting Some Clarity on Prometheus
I watched Prometheus this last weekend. I liked it a lot, a whole lot in fact, and because of that I have decided to do a write-up on some of the most confusing parts of Prometheus and its connection to the larger Alien franchise. This isn’t … Continue reading
On The Last Broadcast
I watched The Last Broadcast recently. I really liked the film (though I thought the end was a cheesy cop out), and if you’ve seen The Blair Witch Project, there are some really interesting shared aspects between the two films. The Last Broadcast came out … Continue reading
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Tagged film, media, the last broadcast
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On The Blair Witch Project
The Blair Witch Project came out in 1999. It affected me heavily then, when I was nine years old, and it still does now. I know that because I just watched it again in glorious high definition. I hear a … Continue reading
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