Sign Of The Times
Sign of the Times # 3. Pointing at the history
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Interview with Kota Takeuchi. Illusions of war
Sign Of The Times
Sign of the Times # 2. The Trajectory of the Family Past
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Interview with Aisuke Kondo. The Fate of Generations
Cinema and Video
American Gigolo: Be my favorite toy
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American Gigolo in 1980—a film that, despite turning 45, remains provocative, multifaceted, and strikingly relevant.
Very Bad Things: A Nihilistic Descent into Suburban Psychopathy
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Peter Berg, in his directorial debut, crafted a film that’s equal parts black comedy, horror show, and social satire, even if it doesn’t always know what it wants to be.
Sliver on the edge
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Sliver is not just an erotic thriller but a philosophical text about the nature of human desire, power, and vulnerability.
Society and Politics
A Critical Analysis of Black Lives Matter: Corruption, Antisemitism, Tokenism, and Racism
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Rather than fostering unity and justice, BLM’s actions have often deepened societal divides, enriched its leaders, and failed to deliver meaningful change for the communities
Poetry
Сьюзен Аллен. Преподавание импровизации в больших ансамблях
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Арфистка, композитор и импровизатор Сьюзен Аллен об опыте преподавания музыкальной импровизации в больших группах в Калифорнийском институте искусств.
Heated Rivalry as a Soft Instrument for Promoting Russian Propaganda, Whitewashing, and Pinkwashing of Russian Military Crimes
Heated Rivalry exemplifies how seemingly benign cultural artifacts can serve grave ideological purposes.
Cinema and Video
Murder-Set-Pieces asap
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“Murder-Set-Pieces” in its variations encapsulates the spectrum of horror—from tame entertainment to boundary-pushing art
Society and Politics
The Case Against Trade Unions: Do They Still Make Sense Today?
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Trade unions, once heralded as champions of workers’ rights, have increasingly become relics of a bygone era.
Cinema and Video
Revisiting "Hostel": Eli Roth's Enduring Cautionary Tale of Horror and Human Depravity – 20 Years Later
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“Hostel” as a most important horror of 2000s.
Cinema and Video
Colors of night
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Despite its flaws, “Color of Night” endures as a cult gem. Its giallo DNA shines in the whodunit setup.
Cinema and Video
A Reappraisal of Ridley Scott’s The Counselor: A Brutal, Misunderstood Gem of the 2010s
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The Counselor is not just a film but an experience—one that lingers long after the credits roll, like a nightmare from which there is no awakening.
Cinema and Video
Woman of his nightmare
“Dream Lover” succeeds as campy entertainment rather than profound commentary.
Cinema and Video
Ontology of Horror in the Human Centipede Trilogy: Being in the Chain of Dehumanization
In Six’s trilogy, horror serves as a tool for deconstructing the humanistic subject: the human, ostensibly the crown of creation, is transformed into a chain.
The Disappearance of the World Hit: Fragmentation, Algorithms, and the End of Global Monoculture in the Digital Age
The analytical truth lies in between: we have traded the unifying power of the world hit for a mosaic of smaller, deeper connections.
