It’s almost fall! And the fall TV season, well, just ain’t what it used to be. In decades past, September would drop an overflowing pile of new shows to try on like fresh school clothes; in 2025, you’re lucky to get some hand-me-downs or a quick rummage at the thrift store. If you’re not into […]| Washington City Paper
After its premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, The Climb was the victim of spectacularly bad timing. It was supposed to come out in March 2020, then lockdown pushed its release until November of that year, a period when not many people were keen to visit movie theaters. Without any major stars and a […]| Washington City Paper
The semi-locally made short film, Captain Zero: Into the Abyss, Part II, began as an anxiety attack. It screens in D.C. on Aug. 8.| Washington City Paper
From Heath Ledger to Michelle Williams, the performances in Brokeback Mountain are remarkable reminders of the pitfalls of traditional gender norms.| Washington City Paper
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s long-dormant zombie franchise makes a vibrant return from the undead. A sequel comes out in January.| Washington City Paper
R&B singer and actress Chloe Bailey will star in the upcoming horror movie "Goons" alongside Michael Rainey Jr.| Rated R&B
From a perspective traditional to cybernetics and information theory, the necessary condition that foregrounds any act of mediation is separation. To communicate, it is presupposed that the entity that transmits information is discrete from the entity that receives it. By initiating the act of communication, the entities involved consent to collapse, as Eugene Thacker calls … A Closeness Always Faint Read More » The post A Closeness Always Faint first appeared on Notes on Metamodernism.| Notes on Metamodernism