Devolution Review Interview: Dejan Tiago Stankovic
I suppose that when writing interviews, it’s customary to begin with a terse biographical introduction of your guest; who they are and where they come from sort of thing. I’m…
Crypto Imagination and the Coming Nightmare
In one of the episodes in the newest seasons of Netflix’s Black Mirror, a young woman visits a strange museum across the way from a gas station in the hot…
The Muteness of the Exiled and Cosmopolitan: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Sergei Eisenstein
In an era dubbed by simple-minded journalists as “post-Trump America” or “the age of Brexit,” claiming to be a “global citizen” is synonymous with being cosmopolitan. That, however, is dangerously…
Review – ‘Hidden Camera’ and a celebration of the absurd
An undertaker returns home and finds a movie ticket wedged in his door. Though it only gives the time and location, he goes to the theater and watches a short…
A romantic struggle of freedom and conscience against all odds
“And I am, an absolute stranger, a bandit – from one terminology and insurgent – from other terminology” – “I am (romance)” by Mykola Khvylovy. Mykola Khvylovy was an author, a leader…
Review – The true ‘Iron Kingdom’
Book review: Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947 It’s an unfortunate fact of the present that Germans must shudder at the mention of their history. Any conversation will…
The Battles of the Sinclairs and the Real Socialist and Fascist Strive for Power
At present, I’m making my way through Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here. It’s a rather dated novel, detailing the rise of a fascist American leader who employs typical patriotic…