“When the World Comes to an End, I Can Breathe a Sigh of Relief”: 25 Years on from the Broken Timelines of Donnie Darko
I couldn’t know why at that age, but watching Donnie Darko split open a melancholy in me that was hard Continue reading
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Welcome Ithaca, Farewell Greece: On Christopher Nolan’s Odysseus
1. A camera, a sigh, a disappearing poetry “Why can one not straightaway keep hold of whatever he sees and Continue reading
Cinema on Cinema: On Harmony Korine’s Mister Lonely
It is not difficult to grasp why cinematic language requires signs that take into account the relation between representation and Continue reading
New Sci-fi Media, Anti-Hauntology, and the Future of Cinema
Faceshopping: Deconstructed Club and the Queer Futurity In February 2021, after electronic musician SOPHIE’s death, Matt Bluemink wrote a blog Continue reading
Motorway: Transformative Ethics of the Automobile
A boundless landscape, roads stretching far beyond the horizon. Wind in the hair, the sky overhead, and society somewhere far Continue reading
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
