Unstrung Nerves: Notes on the Art and Politics of Film

Unstrung Nerves: Notes on the Art and Politics of Film

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December 2024

An Appreciation of Casper Kelly
Thoughts on films like 'Too Many Cooks' and the 'Adult Swim Yule Logs'.
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The War of the Rohirrim: Rhymes with Éowyn
Finally a good reason to return to Middle Earth.
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All Men Are Melted Equal: Street Trash (1987/2024)
Wealth inequality will melt your face.
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November 2024

Cinema of Multiplicity: Films by Vera Drew, Jane Schoenbrun, Paul B. Preciado
The People's Joker, I Saw the TV Glow, and Orlando make new waves in trans storytelling.
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Clint Eastwood and 'Cry Macho'
Few public figures understand their own iconography better than Clint Eastwood.
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Conservative Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
The other day I watched a double feature of Jay Roach's Bombshell, followed by his earlier film Game Change. In contrast to my recent article on…
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October 2024

Ant-Man in Twin Peaks (Trailer)
In the game & comic shop I spend time in, they’ve been discussing a certain new movie trailer at great length.
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Kubrick's Panopticon/Marvel's Labyrinth
Few images stand out in Stanley Kubrick’s oeuvre more than the unblinking eye of the HAL 9000 computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, a film that would be…
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Based on a Book That Hasn't Been Written Yet: Tenet
The best and worst thing I can think to say about Tenet, a film based upon a book that hasn't been written yet, is that it is very, very Christopher…
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September 2024

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