Tag: Politics
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“I didn’t think he was really this bad” – what we wish they would finally admit
I can only come at this from my personal relationship to the main currents in American thought. I don’t know how many others followed my own precise trajectory, probably a few. But I do know that some never felt there was a trajectory at all, and are now gloating that their first reaction was correct,…
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Alex Garland and Jacques Rancière Walk Into a Bar
Setting the Scene The reviews of Alex Garland’s Warfare are essentially unanimous: it is a good film. The arguments that ensued upon its release were not about its cinematography, sound design, tension, atmosphere, performances, or any of the things that make for an impactful aesthetic experience. No, the arguments boiled down to a rather simple question about…
