Thursday, January 10 2013
Movie Time Travel and the New Nostalgia
The new nostalgia signals the ultimate rejection of millennial anxiety, postmodernism, irony and the future. It longs for a post-industrial, green world. Of course, that suggests a vague and painful longing for something that never was.
Friday, October 28 2011
‘1Q84’: A World that Bears a Question
Huraki Murakami is stretching himself to create a sort of hybrid between his humourous and off-beat slipstream novels and the aching and yearning of romance that permeates his more mainstream stuff.
Monday, September 27 2010
Masters of the Universe: Oliver Stone’s ‘Wall Street’
In his desire to trump his upper crust "superiors", Gekko's personal ethic could be read as a perverted, ultimately hypocritical form of populist revolt.
Friday, October 9 2009
White Noise in the Kitchen Supplies Aisle
Postmodernism in the 21st Century: Coming Soon to a Grocery Store Near You!
Monday, October 13 2008
Wario Land: Shake It!
Wario Land: Shake It! may be the best post-modern video game ever.
Thursday, July 5 2007
The Age of Huts (compleat) by Ron Silliman
If The Age of Huts provides any indication, we're witnessing the development of what is sure to be a defining literary project of the postmodern era.
