from Later: What does procrastination tell us about ourselves? by James Surowiecki The New Yorker, October 11 2010 “The essence of procrastination lies in not doing what you think you should be doing, a mental contortion that surely accounts for the great psychic toll the habit takes on people. This is the perplexing thing about […]
“They call it Christianity. I call it consciousness.” —Emerson You are going to miss it. You’re distracted. Sit up straight. You’re not paying attention. God does not come and go – your attention does. All sins are just variations on that same desire to do something else when you’re already doing something. Multitaskers are children of […]
Notes on Carlos and terrorism: 1. I find Assayas’ films tricky because I seldom have any expectations when sitting down to watch his latest film, whatever it might be. This makes thinking of Assayas as an auteur a difficult proposition, as by definition, an auteur is someone for which we generate a specific set of […]
John D. Caputo and Linda Martín Alcoff. St. Paul Among the Philosophers. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2009. 208 pages. $17.90 paperback. St. Paul Among the Philosophers is a landmark of the resurgence of interest in Saint Paul within contemporary continental philosophy. In keeping with the theme of this issue of The Other Journal, the […]
Calle 54 (Fernando Trueba, 2000) is named for the Manhattan recording studio where the director filmed his favourite Latin jazz artists playing signature pieces. There is little to the film apart from the music – which is all to the good. Brief portraits of each musician precede uninterrupted takes of energized, sometimes virtuosic performances by […]
Over the next couple of weeks, PopMatters will be focusing on the life and work of Akira Kurosawa, including essays on every one of his films. And here’s how they’re kicking things off, with “A Giant Shadow: The Continuing Influence of Akira Kurosawa on World Cinema”: To most outside of Japan, Kurosawa is synonymous with Japanese […]
Banksy, Exit Through the Gift Shop. Revolver Entertainment, 2010. Visit here to view a list of screenings in the United States. I was the first person in the history of my high school to fail the AP Art exam. The class, which at the time was somewhat exclusive, consisted of about six students every year. […]
He’s the new Spider-man. And he’s in two of the most talked-about movies currently playing in theaters. Who is this guy? In this edition of the podcast Viewer Discussion Advised with Jeffrey Overstreet, I’ll propose that it’s better not to know.
See Part I of this essay series, in which Swanson begins her analysis of evanglical responses to the Twilightseries by examining Twilight‘s false message of abstinence. Here in Part II, Swanson critiques New Moon’s portrayal of men as “protectors” and women as “perpetual, self-sacrificing victims.” Twilight has become the synecdochic term for Stephenie Meyer’s book, film, and pop […]