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A Decade in Review: Cultural Markers, Keywords, and Other (Totally Subjective) Noteworthy Things

It’s not been a great decade in terms of events. My candidates for subtitles for this post: “The Troublesome Teens,” “A Decade of Decline,” “The Empire’s Fall.” None of these are subtle in direction. I originally conceived of this as a “Decade of Ideas” post. I had planned to flesh out what seemed to be the biggest ideas from 2010 to 2019. That proved too tall a task at this point. While I’m not unobservant, I lack the necessary perspective to make many bold declarations about which ideas mattered most from the past decade. Even so, the work that went Read more

Stars Wars as Moral Adventure

[Note: This post is offered in conjunction with the For the Love of Film: Film Preservation Blogathon (lead by Ferdy on Films writers). The theme of this year’s blogathon is Read more