Chris PerkinsPatron Saint of the Perpetual Apocalypse: on Christopher Nolan’s OPPENHEIMERMy friends, good Leftists that they are, were dubious to see a three-hour biopic about J. Robert Oppenheimer. “Why should we care about…Jan 2Jan 2
Chris PerkinsThe Body is an Anvil: On ‘A Hidden Life’, ‘Fury Road’, and What We Make of SufferingIt has often felt as if the hyperobject we refer to as the COVID Pandemic was and is a failed social experiment. It’s easy to see what was…Apr 15, 2022Apr 15, 2022
Chris PerkinsThe Compression of Everything: Crossing the Cartesian Plane on a Hedonic TreadmillReflecting on the last day of July 2020.Mar 30, 2022Mar 30, 2022
Chris PerkinsFirst as Farce: Fail Safe, Dr. Strangelove, and Toxic HyperobjectsNuclear hyperobjectivity is the specter that haunts Sidney Lumet’s 1964 film Fail Safe…Oct 9, 2020Oct 9, 2020
Chris PerkinsOn the Cinematic Experience: Inception, Quantum Superposition, and the Beauty of AmbiguityYou’re waiting for a train…Oct 7, 2020Oct 7, 2020