Alex SheremetinBullshit.ISTWhy Kitty Green’s “Casting JonBenet” (2017) Is NOT ExploitationWatching Kitty Green’s Casting JonBenet is a frustrating experience, but not for the reasons a film might typically elicit such a response…May 30, 2017May 30, 2017
Alex SheremetinBullshit.ISTAnalysis Of Edwin Arlington Robinson’s “The Sheaves”Just like Philip Larkin, Edwin Arlington Robinson is a poet better read in reduction. A good Selected, perhaps, or even just a handful of…Mar 27, 20171Mar 27, 20171
Alex SheremetinBullshit.ISTOn Philip Larkin’s “Church Going”Although Philip Larkin is one of those writers best read in abridgment, one can’t deny that he has written some excellent poems at his…Feb 11, 20171Feb 11, 20171
Alex SheremetinBullshit.ISTThe Russian Hacks Are Distracting You From The Real ProblemOne of the most disturbing outcomes of this election has nothing to do with who was elected. It has nothing to do with who could have been…Dec 30, 20161Dec 30, 20161
Alex SheremetinBullshit.ISTWhy Donald Trump Might Be Good For AmericaIt has now been some weeks since the election, and it’s clear that this thing is not turning out like anyone expected. There are the…Dec 13, 20163Dec 13, 20163
Alex SheremetinBullshit.ISTWhy Hillary Clinton Lost: An Addendum To 2020So. The polls were wrong. Clinton got the popular vote by a little, and lost the electoral college by a lot. To Trump’s supporters, Trump…Nov 13, 2016Nov 13, 2016
Alex SheremetinBullshit.ISTPulp Fiction Is The 1990s, Two Decades OnLooking at some of the more popular books, films, and songs over the last few decades, it is obvious that there are works of art that come…Feb 20, 2016Feb 20, 2016
Alex SheremetinBullshit.ISTWhen Google Met WikiLeaks: The Self-Inflicted Limits Of Julian AssangeSome time ago — oh, say, on the order of 40,000 years — a few tribesmen shored onto New Guinea, and were puzzled to find the place quite…Jan 25, 2015Jan 25, 2015
Alex SheremetinBullshit.IST“Neon Genesis Evangelion” And Its Place In Animation“To render it in my own terms, the ‘idealistic age’ is the period when grand narrative functioned alone while the ‘fictional age’ is the…Jan 4, 20151Jan 4, 20151