From Plato to the Moving Image: Notes on Lynchian Ethics

“The idea is the whole thing. If you stay true to the idea, it tells you everything you need to Continue reading →

The Fourth Wall: The Lynchian Aesthetic of I Saw the TV Glow

“We begin in the dark and birth is the death of us.”   — Anne Carson, Antigonick  The fourth wall is, Continue reading →

Barbie & Dragons: On the Subversion of Play

A child aimlessly moves their toy train in circles, oblivious to the realities of transportation. In play, the models move Continue reading →

The Filmic Non-Place: Notes on Devirtualization in Cinema

In the 2007 book Bioaesthetics philosopher and teacher of Aesthetics Pietro Montani writes about the increasing disempowerment of the external Continue reading →

Salò, or the 120 Days of Corona

Beyond its blatant depravity, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), feels like a bad omen of contemporary society. Continue reading →

Semiotics of the End: Boredom at the End of the World

Dreams about the end of the world are not, perhaps, anymore the fruits of despair and fear alone. They are Continue reading →

Jonas Mekas’s Cinematic You

This was where the wind blew meI saw youI recorded youI’m not sure I ever understood youI’m just a passerbyFrom Continue reading →

Eternal Action: Christopher Nolan’s Objects of Anti-Accelerationism

In Tenet time is stalled for forever plunder. As a child, I never liked riding on tilt-a-whirls or other spinning Continue reading →