Martin Heidegger’s book Sein und Zeit (Being and Time) has been all the rage in philosophy for the last century, with every work since either referring to it or intentionally ignoring its message and impact. While incredibly dense, it is clear that Heidegger’s project was quite pointed, and his criticisms of the last two millennia […]
Month: July 2015
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20 Movies To Watch If You Are Dating A Tech Geek
Our growing fascination with technology has spawned a plethora of films highlighting a variety of sci-fi gadgets and futuristic technology that we can only dream of. Many ideas presented in tech films from decades past have come to fruition (especially in telecommunications). As our technology grows in its complexity, so have these films grown in […]
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10 Great Movies About Disability
Disability on film is fraught with danger for filmmakers. From the portrayal of the victimized, invalided “cripple” or a romanticised and heroic cliché of triumph above adversity, both pictures painted can often be exploitative and alienating; especially to the people with disabilities whose lives filmmakers are attempting to convey, hopefully with a degree of sincerity. […]
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15 Great Movies With A Lolita Complex
The term ‘Lolita’ refers to an under aged, seductive girl, who often becomes the sexual obsession of a much older man. Originating from the character in the popular Vladimir Nabokov novel of the same name, multiple films have taken on some kind of variation of her and Humbert Humbert’s relationship. With the upcoming film “Diary […]
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The 12 Best Movies Based On News Articles
Cinema’s love affair with news is a long and storied one. The association between the two goes back to the early 20th century, when newsreels would often air before the main feature in a cinema, as television had not yet supplanted its necessity. In fiction, newspapers and news articles have been used repeatedly, as images […]
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15 Essential Films For An Introduction To New German Cinema
The sixties are rightfully remembered as a period of global instability. The youth took to the streets from Selma to Paris and it seemed the status quo was crumbling around them. In West Germany a vibrant and radical student movement took up many of the same causes as their international comrades, protesting against the Vietnam […]