Bryan CastilleinANTIMATTERSOn Ecological Spheres in AnnihilationAnnihilation (2018) Director: Alex Garland Screenplay: Alex Garland (adapted from the novel by Jeff VanderMeer) Cast: Natalie Portman…Oct 10, 2018Oct 10, 2018
Bryan CastilleinANTIMATTERSWhat the New Yorker Gets Wrong on the North Korea Trade SummitEvan Osnos, in his June 12 article on The New Yorker’s website, “The Biggest Winner at the U.S.-North Korea Summit: China,” after…Jun 14, 2018Jun 14, 2018
Bryan CastilleinANTIMATTERS‘Star Wars’ and the Pathology of Property OwnershipWhen actress Kelly Marie Tran announced her departure from social media this week in response to prolonged threats and hate speech from…Jun 9, 2018Jun 9, 2018
Bryan CastilleinANTIMATTERSHomecoming: The Role of Nostalgia in Twin Peaks: The Return and Star Wars: The Last JediOne hour and fifteen minutes into The Last Jedi — the exact midpoint of the film — Rey descends beneath the island where Luke Skywalker has…Jun 5, 2018Jun 5, 2018
Bryan CastilleinANTIMATTERSWhat We Believe Ourselves To BeIn his book Reasons and Persons, published in 1984, philosopher Derek Parfit relates a lengthy thought experiment in which he…Jun 3, 2018Jun 3, 2018
Bryan CastilleinANTIMATTERSThe New MoralityEcology is the future of Western morality.Jun 2, 2018Jun 2, 2018
Bryan CastilleinANTIMATTERSHELLO, MULTIVERSE!ANTIMATTERS is news and commentary on speculative realism, esoterica, art, and adjacent topics. Look for a post in the next day or two.Jun 1, 20181Jun 1, 20181