That's Not Cinema!

On "pure art" and wallpaper cinematography

Dec 03, 2024

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Welcome to the 36 new subscribers who’ve joined since my last post, a 3,000-word missive on movie history that was, in a tactical masterstroke, released on US election day... Here's the link for those who missed it: What Was in the Water in 1999? 

Today's essay unpacks a pernicious trend in modern movie discourse...

Something strange is happening to how…

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