Published inThe Ugly Monster‘Lost Highway’ and the Nature of DesireDesire can never be satisfied, but it can be lived vicariously through surveillanceApr 156Apr 156
Published inThe Ugly MonsterFlow: We Are, Therefore I Am‘Flow’ is about the importance of recognizing ourselves through the otherApr 45Apr 45
Published inThe Ugly Monster‘Blue Velvet’ and the Violence of the SuburbThere’s a rot which hides underneath the suburbMar 247Mar 247
Published inThe Ugly Monster‘Conclave’ and the Importance of HumilityConviction is the enemy of humilityMar 15Mar 15
Published inThe Ugly Monster‘The Brutalist’ and the Nature of Beauty‘The Brutalist’ shows us how beauty and morality aren’t the same thing.Mar 84Mar 84
Published inThe Ugly MonsterThe Ultra-Nationalism of ‘Shin Godzilla’What is the function of a nation?Feb 251Feb 251
Published inThe Ugly Monster‘Paprika’ and the Nature of Dreams as CinemaMovies are kind of like dreams, right?Feb 151Feb 151
Published inThe Ugly Monster‘White Noise’ and the Death at the Heart of ConsumerismAn anti-consumerist interpretation of Noah Baumbach’s 2022 Netflix filmFeb 137Feb 137
Published inThe Ugly Monster‘Civil War’ and Spectacle Journalism‘Civil War’ is disinterested in the truth. It only cares about spectacle.Feb 4Feb 4
Published inThe Ugly Monster‘I Saw the TV Glow’ and Being Trans“There is still time” was written in chalk on the street. Is this true?Jan 275Jan 275
