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- Convoluted/absurd plots, but the plot isn't exactly the point, so okay - Moral murk - Implicating the viewer in the crime - Voyeurism - Taboo sex urges - Noir - Nihilism - Shadowy or luridly colourful cinematography @luka This could be a broad field though. I was just watching Netflix's...

The son of a bitch did it!

Just read this and thought it might be of interest to people on here. I've pasted it in cos there's a paywall thingy. https://thebaffler.com/salvos/dance-dance-revolution-adjei-kontoh “LET’S LOOK at the stats, I’ve got the facts / My money like Lizzo, my pockets are fat!” Boy-rat hybrid Ben...

Does it make sense to even talk about being "filled with" rage? I think people think of anger like this, like there's an anger bucket in everybody that gets steadily filled up with anger molecules until you go berserk. "Suppressed rage", is this a real thing? I suppose it is, it's the chemical...

I went to see this on Monday night. I have been turning it over in my mind ever since. Questions about how effective it was to keep the Nazi protagonists at a distance from us. How effective it was to leave all atrocities more or less off-screen. Where it shaded into pretension, etc. That said...

Really shocked to learn this news today. I was a (VERY) latecomer to his writing, which I read on his blog and latterly Substack, and although I often vehemently disagreed with him on musical matters I also thought he was a fantastic writer and clearly a hugely passionate music lover.

He might despise this thread (not to mention this tune) but here's a slice of audio jihad cake to celebrate your born day 🙏 🎂 💣

Bristol, 6/7 pints down

There's probably crossover with the 6/10 movies luka mentioned in the main film thread lately (do we need ANOTHER film thread? probably not) I'm wondering about watching 'THE NORTHMAN' tonight, has anyone seen it?

This is all I(/we) want for Christmas Why? Because he's hilarious, because he's got stories, because he's got good taste (and not the same taste as most of dissensus) because he talks about music as a part of life, because he knows about other, sometimes arcane, stuff (because he hipped me...

I don't actually want to see what version looks like But i just came across this painting and thought 'this might be what i choose to imagine version looks like from now on'

I've noticed particularly in the last ten years that everything that was once deemed incredibly uncool has become cool. Pretty sure happy hardcore is now seen as really cool by hipsters. (I was into happy hardcore when I was 13 btw) Not sure if this is just the way of the world or the internet...

Let's not argue over who gets to be the Beatles Who's on there? Kenneth Branagh Russell Crowe Autechre Damien Lewis (too soon?) Owen Hatherley Thomas Pynchon Josef K

Hard to pick just one in my case "Deplorable" suggests moral censure, so it could be any number of my instinctive prejudices--and it could also be my consumption of hardcore porn And yet I'd still say my besetting sin (the one I'd end up in Dante's inferno for) is... (Half-assed drum roll)...

I was tempted to reply to a twitter thread about what the best david fincher film is I was going to say 'zodiac' – which first of all is wrong cos its obviously 'gone girl' And I realised, fuck that's such a boring film bro opinion There are different varieties of film bros ofc but get what...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001pvjf About two thirds into this and it's well worth a watch Interviews with slimzee, geeneus, dizzee, d double, lethal b, Kano, jammer etc etc Wiley features quite prominently but no interview

A nerd on a chatroom linked to this https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/memoria-adytum I'd never heard of SCP before. I've not read a single word of this but the idea of a collaborative story seems intriguing to me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCP_Foundation...

KABOOM

I bought a fitbit last week in the hope that it might addict me to exercise. So far it seems to be working a bit. I'll take the stairs instead of the lift just to get extra steps in. I'll cycle a lot faster to get my heart rate going. (Already this concerns me as obviously just rolling along on...