Joker’s Prophecy About American Neoliberalism
Joker provides a keen understanding of the deleterious effects of American neoliberalism, which the authors dismantle in Send in the Clowns with a mordant deadpan wit.
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Is Clint Eastwood’s ‘The 15.17 to Paris’ a Rare Experimental Hollywood Film?
Despite its conservative attitudes, The 15.17 to Paris is as radical in its way as Eastwood's more progressive films.
The Roots of Romanticism in David Bowie’s Berlin Triptych
In its response to modernity, Romanticism's grand enterprise inspires us to question the current state of things, to ponder how we might "be heroes / just for one day".
As Long as There’s Fire: David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ to ‘The Next Day’
Forty years after "Heroes", we discover the doomed couple wasn’t so doomed after all, those declarations of love weren’t as futile as we thought, and there are indeed heroes to be found.
David Bowie’s Affective Relationship With the Remarkable, Schizophrenic City of Berlin
Tobias Rüther’s exploration of Bowie’s artistic and personal development in mid-'70s Berlin offers few cogent insights and a confusing timeline of an artist in a city.