Hong Kong Cinema through a Global Lens
Hong Kong University is offering a free online course in Hong Kong cinema and you can still sign up for it.
“It Will Be Called Americanism”
At the Guardian, Sarah Churchwell writes about fiction and fascism. “These parallels between fictional pasts and our political present may seem eerie: they aren’t. There is nothing surprising about people trying to replicate the oldest models of power.”
The Complicated Legacy of Dr. Seuss’ Political Cartoons
At the Atlantic, Sophie Gilbert has a piece on Dr. Seuss’ anti-Fascist cartoons and their complicated legacy.
Projection Booth Special Report on Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD
Our friends at the Projection Booth have a special report this week on the documentary, Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD.
Lifestyles of the Rich and Evil: the Villain Lairs of Vintage Bollywood
Like George Costanza, I’ve often wanted to pretend to be an architect, and an offshoot of this dream is to do some kind of major study of the architecture of evil spaces in Hindi movies. The most distinctive visual marker—physical manifestation, even—of evil in Bollywood is the villain […]
“Titus in Space: Steve Bannon’s Obsession with Shakespeare’s Goriest Play”
At The Paris Review, Rex Weiner writes about Steve Bannon’s time in Hollywood and his attempts to get his adaptation of Titus Andronicus filmed. “Their first project had a working title: Andronicus. Synopsis: Titus is the leader of the Andronicii, beings of pure light who live somewhere in […]
The Cultural Gutter 