Tuesday, June 14 2011
The Changing Nature of the Nature of Art
As artists have become less concerned with telling stories and more concerned with creating emotional connections and mimicking experiences, art has shifted from creating beauty to expressing the heady nature of 'truth'.
Monday, January 7 2008
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Ultimatum is one of the most enjoyable documents of cultural paranoia and political alienation you’ll see this year.
Saturday, August 4 2007
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Ultimatum lives and dies by its car chases and fisticuffs, and it has to be said that some of the best examples in the genre exist in this electrifying film.
Friday, August 3 2007
The Bourne Ultimatum
Bourne is the logical product of the secret CIA program that made him, the dark routes by which a desire for surveillance and security gives way to brutal dominion and extreme measures.
Friday, April 28 2006
United 93
In its fitful remembering, United 93 raises important questions (however reverentially) about the making of history.
Thursday, July 22 2004
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Embodying the ruthlessness of the eat-its-own CIA (as well as the entertainment industry), Bourne isn't seeking revenge in the usual sense.
