The more Bong Joon-ho’s masterpiece is regarded, the more it seems to vanish in the spectacle of its acclaim.
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We all know the year sucked, but there was some amazing stuff to read, hear, and watch. Our picks.
No film genre in Hollywood’s golden age was more urban to its core than noir. The word conjures […]
If the Oscars are any indication, Americans love war, stupidity, royalty, and bestiality.
It’s that time of year when people in the world of academia remember what the word “anticlimactic” really means. All this building tension over the course of the semester, and then when it reaches its seeming crescendo in early December — splat.
This week took away the soothing balm of the World Cup and Wimbledon, leaving us with only the […]
The following is an excerpt from the new book Declarations of Dependence: Money, Aesthetics, and the Politics of Care, […]
America’s preposterous debate over “civility” in politics has somehow tumbled into Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, of all places. Friday […]