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 →

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 →