Month: October 2021
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Into Oblivion – Columbia Journalism Review
Into Oblivion How news outlets are handling the right to be forgotten via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/special_report/right-to-be-forgotten.php After reading through the Le Soir case, she wrote a blog post issuing a warning to US newspaper editors: “In America I hear lots of people scoff and say, ‘The First Amendment will never let that happen here.’…
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Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin on the Mysterious Alchemy of Sketch Comedy | The New Yorker
Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin on the Mysterious Alchemy of Sketch Comedy A conversation with the two friends behind the cult hit “I Think You Should Leave.” via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/tim-robinson-and-zach-kanin-on-the-mysterious-alchemy-of-sketch-comedy t.r.: And I got sick that morning, and so I told my wife, Heather, “Just go. Take the kids.” They had a car…
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Cold War, Hot Mess | VQR Online
Link: https://www.vqronline.org/reporting-articles/2021/09/cold-war-hot-mess Garza’s experience is common among Hanford workers; in July 2021, a new state report found that a shocking 57 percent of Hanford workers have reported exposure to hazardous materials. But as dangerous as they are, the toxic vapors Garza’s crew encountered aren’t necessarily the tanks’ worst hazard. It wouldn’t take much for a…
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The Cinematic Shock of “Titane” Arrives in New York
The Cinematic Shock of “Titane” Arrives in New York The transgressive Cannes winner opens this week, but a viewer may get a more lasting jolt from the uncut version of Andrzej Żuławski’s “Possession.” via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-cinematic-shock-of-titane-arrives-in-new-york To have sex with an automobile, if this film is to be trusted, all you need is…