“No comets crashing, nothing you could really call a nuclear war. Just everything else, tangled in the changing climate: droughts, … More
Month: March 2018
A True Alliance of Man and Nature
“A huge manmade mountain measuring 420 meters long, 270 meters wide, 38 meters high and elliptical in shape was planted … More
Surface Trawls
“Publication of the garbage patch study coincided with a new report from Britain, Foresight Future of the Sea, that found … More
“I don’t know”
“Annihilation’s great achievement is in exploring these themes through object embodiment, rather than in words. Lena returns to Area X … More
Intense Emotions Hurt
“One of the most important through-lines this film and its predecessor share is the way in which both principal antagonists … More
The Thingness of All Living Things
“The notion expressed by Harrison Ford that spectators require a “human being on screen” with whom to connect is thus … More
Double Back
“Consider the insertion of Philip K. Dick into Blade Runner 2049 as a metafiction, something Dick did consciously and unconsciously … More