Daniel FraserImitation of Strife: On May DecemberMay December cuts off our access to aesthetic gratification through continual fractures, showing how our forms of storytelling have become…1 min read·Feb 15, 2024----
Daniel FraserNothing, Nowhere, Not Even Once: An Oscars 2023 Round Up (part one)The Banshees of Inisherin4 min read·Jan 28, 2023----
Daniel FraserEffacing 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…7 min read·Oct 24, 2021----
Daniel FraserForce 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…18 min read·Aug 26, 2021----
Daniel FraserThat Which Has Happened Continues to HappenRebecca Comay’s Mourning Sickness12 min read·Dec 11, 2020----
Daniel FraserRed Dwarf and the Horcrux of BackwardsOn Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’6 min read·Sep 12, 2020----
Daniel FraserBlood, Money: Subsumption and Biopolitics in Uncut GemsAll that money, the money is the motive — The Weeknd18 min read·Jun 12, 2020----
Daniel FraserA 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…7 min read·Apr 30, 2020----
Daniel FraserA quarantine list: 250 of my favourite films250 of my favourite films, put together just because. I have attempted to limit the list to one film per director, except in the cases…10 min read·Apr 18, 2020----