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Doing Everything, Saying Nothing
A critique of Saltburn
Feb 4
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Cole Martin
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October 2023
Ode to the Iced Capp
When people talk about “Canadian cuisine”, there are usually only a few things mentioned. The difficulty in classifying “Canadian” food is the…
Oct 29, 2023
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Cole Martin
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Vampire Rulez
The Definitive Vampire-verse Ranking
Oct 1, 2023
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Cole Martin
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September 2023
Cinema as a Weapon
How Bong Joon-ho wielded Memories of Murder
Sep 3, 2023
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Cole Martin
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August 2023
Worlds on Top of Worlds
The Curious Case of PKD's Talismans
Aug 13, 2023
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Cole Martin
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July 2023
Edinburgh's Magical Well
Dean Village, Saint Bernard's Well
Jul 9, 2023
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Cole Martin
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June 2023
The Illusion of Redemption in Barry
Two HBO workhorses have just bit the dust, both tackling similar themes with commentaries on generational trauma and redemption, and only one sticking…
Jun 11, 2023
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Cole Martin
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May 2023
Ceci n'est pas une couronne
Without metaphors it is impossible to express a single thought. All effort to rise above images is doomed to fail. — Johan Huizinga, “The Waning of the…
May 9, 2023
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Cole Martin
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April 2023
The Bullet-Eating Baba Yaga
An analysis of the bulletproof suits in John Wick.
Apr 29, 2023
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Cole Martin
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March 2023
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
The mystery of the "Guinness cascade"
Mar 24, 2023
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Cole Martin
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The Neoliberalism of Saw
The neighbor's brother came home in a box But he wanted to go so maybe it was his fault Another red heart taken by the American dream — Ethel Cain…
Mar 8, 2023
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Cole Martin
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February 2023
Immersed in Media
What is immersion, and how is it achieved?
Feb 15, 2023
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Cole Martin
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