Greatest hits of January: Euripides’ “Andromache”, “Manchester by the Sea”, “Civil War”, Hegel, Hegel, Hegel, Simone Weil’s essay on the Iliad, “The Naked City”.
Misses: “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” and, pointedly, “Where the Truth Lies”.
Euripides’ “Iphigenia in Aulis”
This play narrates the moments preceding the sacrifice of Iphigenia so that the Greek fleet can set sail for Troy.
Continue reading...December 2025 Consumption (no, not tuberculosis)
Greatest Hits: Have you read Euripides? Why the hell not? Don’t tell anyone.
Worst Cuts: The Contractor with Chris Pine, The Painter with Bob Shitlips
The Perplexity of Complete Agreement, and Yet Disquiet
With each claim I find myself in agreement, the choir to her preacher, yet I am still disappointed, put off.
Continue reading...Nervous November 2025 Consumption
Greatest Hits: Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Green Porno, The Thunderbolts. Lowest Lows: Thor: Ragnorak,
Continue reading...September & October 2025
Best listening experience of Sept-Oct: Wire’s 1977 album “Pink Flag”. So rad.
Continue reading...The Master (2012): “Where Are the Naked White Women?!”
Paul Thomas Anderson again bends reality to his will in his 2012 film “The Master”, with naked women resulting.
Continue reading...Hazy July & August 2025 Consumption
Greatest Hits: Sahara, To the Lighthouse. Lowest Lows: The Bear, Rocky III.
Continue reading...Jejune June 2025 Consumption
Greatest hits: “To the Lighthouse” and “Sexy Beast” and Parasite”; Low blows: “Iron Man 3”
Continue reading...Law & Order, “Damaged”: Who Can Consent?
Aging badly, we say, so certain of our contemporary judgment. Hindsight is 20-fucking-20!
Continue reading...Monotonous May 2025 Consumption
Greatest hits: “To Live and Die in L.A.” and “Floating Clouds” and “To the Lighthouse”. Low blows: “City of Industry” Ouch.
Continue reading...Anxious April 2025: Consumption
Greatest hits: Henrik Pontoppidan, “Lucky Per”; the 2024 series “Shōgun”; the long-awaited second season of the Disney series “Andor”; disappointments: “Dance Hall of the Dead”
Continue reading...March 2025: Reading, Viewing
Greatest Hits: “Triangle of Sadness”, “Secrets & Lies”, “Shampoo”, and the 1989 “Lonesome Dove” series. Misses: “Ahsoka”?
Continue reading...Fearful February 2025: Reading, Viewing
Triumphs: “The Red Shoes” and “Picnic at Hanging Rock”! Flaubert’s “Sentimental Education”!
Continue reading...Enervating Enero 2025, Reading and Writing
All of the books and films don’t amount to much when political terror begins.
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