5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (797+ words) ‘The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias’ Preaches Radical Pessimism at the End of the World bookandfilmglobe.com Sophie Fiennes’ third and likely final collaboration with Zizek sees the 77-year-old at his most political — and earnest Following the end credits of The…...

6+ day, 32+ min ago   (190+ words) At the Venice Film Festival, Paul Schrader Wrestles with Free Will and Determinism Warning: This review contains spoilers. In his latest film, The Basics of Philosophy, Schrader interrogates this eternal drama through the eyes of Dr. John Jorissen (Jack Huston),…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (332+ words) The Japanese reality dating show throws punks together to teach them romantic love Then, less than five minutes into the first episode, two people were already fighting. And, apparently, what happens is love. Love? Yeah. They say the word constantly....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (285+ words) A young Alfred Lord Tennyson spent decades trying to resolve science and God The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science, and the Crisis of Belief By Richard Holmes Pantheon; 448 pages In In Memoriam No. 54, Tennyson writes: That nothing walks with aimless…...