A Personal AnthologyDelighted to have taken part in Jonathan Gibbs’ A Personal Anthology series a couple of months ago:Sep 25Sep 25
Imitation of Strife: On May DecemberMay December cuts off our access to aesthetic gratification through continual fractures, showing how our forms of storytelling have become…Feb 15Feb 15
Nothing, Nowhere, Not Even Once: An Oscars 2023 Round Up (part one)The Banshees of InisherinJan 28, 2023Jan 28, 2023
Effacing the Music: The Annihilating Style of ‘A Single Man’Tom Ford’s 2009 film A Single Man, based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood, was recently made available on Mubi. The…Oct 24, 2021Oct 24, 2021
Force and CircumstanceI. I have written about Thomas Bernhard before. However, writing about him now feels different, not only from the time a decade or so ago…Aug 26, 2021Aug 26, 2021
Blood, Money: Subsumption and Biopolitics in Uncut GemsAll that money, the money is the motive — The WeekndJun 12, 2020Jun 12, 2020
A Lasting Supper: Michael KohlhaasLet us begin at the end. The horse-dealer Michael Kohlhaas is about to be put to death following a stubborn and unending crusade for…Apr 30, 2020Apr 30, 2020