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An Ontological Investigation of Militarism in the Films of Paul Verhoeven
artur.sumarokov
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Verhoeven’s approach is distinctly satirical, employing hyperbole and irony to expose the absurdities and horrors of militaristic being.
The Legitimization of Irish War Criminals and Separatism Through the Absence of a Military Tribunal Over the IRA
artur.sumarokov
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If you kill enough people for long enough, the world will eventually treat you as a statesman rather than a criminal.
Cinema and Video
Queer Necrophilia: Transgression and Desire in Jörg Buttgereit's Nekromantik Dilogy
artur.sumarokov
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Traditional horror punishes transgression; here, necrophiles are protagonists, their desires centralized rather than vilified.
Society and Politics
Democide in Iran and the Silence or Approval of the Ayatollahs' Actions by Much of the Western Left
artur.sumarokov
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The Iranian struggle is not just about one nation; it tests whether human rights remain universal or become subordinated to ideology.
Heated Rivalry as a Soft Instrument for Promoting Russian Propaganda, Whitewashing, and Pinkwashing of Russian Military Crimes
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Heated Rivalry exemplifies how seemingly benign cultural artifacts can serve grave ideological purposes.
The Weaponization of Freedom of Speech by the Far-Right and Far-Left as an Instrument of Totalitarianism
artur.sumarokov
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The weaponization of freedom of speech by far-right and far-left extremists represents one of the gravest threats to liberal democracy today.
The Hypocritical White Savior Complex: Western Celebrities and Activists in the Middle East
artur.sumarokov
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The people of the Middle East—Israelis and Arabs alike—deserve better than saviors.
Dechristianization in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ
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Gibson’s film illustrates the challenge facing Christian art in a post-Christian age: how to bear witness to transcendent truth in a culture.
The Films of Tamakichi Anaru as the Extreme Degree of Extreme Cinema
artur.sumarokov
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Tamakichi Anaru’s films stand as extreme cinema’s vanishing point: beyond them lies only silence or madness.
Ontological Horror in *The Life and Death of a Porno Gang*
artur.sumarokov
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The Life and Death of a Porno Gang* endures as a masterful evocation of ontological horror.
Metacinema and Pornopolitics in A Serbian Film
artur.sumarokov
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A Serbian Film* uses its metacinematic framework to dissect pornopolitics as a mechanism of control.
Obsession and blindness
artur.sumarokov
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“The Stendhal Syndrome” is a psychological thriller that delves deeply into the fragility of the human mind when confronted with overwhelming beauty and brutality.
White fragility and Father of the Bride
artur.sumarokov
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In an era obsessed with deconstructing privilege, these movies unapologetically center “ordinary” upper-middle-class woes.
Against rural English traditions in The Lair of the White Worm
artur.sumarokov
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“The Lair of the White Worm” may not be Russell’s masterpiece.
Milo Rau and his antisemitism
artur.sumarokov
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Rau’s work challenges us to confront violence without hypocrisy.
Cinema and Video
Only you, but only for you
artur.sumarokov
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“Only You” is a valentine to serendipity, positing love not as a checklist but a cosmic crapshoot.