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Culture Decoder

The Matrix

"Culture is the software of the mind."

Posted May 25, 2024

Culture Decoder

Rope

Theory and practice can be worlds apart.

Posted April 25, 2024

Culture Decoder

The Wonder

How to marshal myth, meaning, and embodied imagination…

Posted March 5, 2024

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Music Box

"Each new clue twists and turns Talbot’s perspective… and ours too."

Posted January 15, 2024

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A.I. Artificial Intelligence

"Versions of the Blue Fairy connote everything from faith to desire, dream, destination…"

Posted November 15, 2023

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Arrival

As she shifts languages she shifts worlds, perspectives and motivations…

Posted October 25, 2023

Culture Shocking Blocking

Madigan

The cops are society’s super-ego, the girl is its id.

Posted January 25, 2021

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The Mack

Dandyism and flâneurie as radical/misguided street theater.

Posted January 18, 2021

Culture Shocking Blocking

It Happened One Night

“Awww, I like mushy stuff!”

Posted January 11, 2021

Culture Shocking Blocking

Eraserhead

Replete with images of loneliness, tedium, and paranoia.

Posted January 4, 2021

Culture Shocking Blocking

Breaking Away

They have no repertoire of bromantic chest-bumps.

Posted December 28, 2020

Culture Caddyshack Codes

Al Czervik

"I never saw dead people smoke before!"

Posted December 25, 2020

Culture Shocking Blocking

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Conveying emotional idealism via cluttered, awkward blocking.

Posted December 21, 2020

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Ty Webb

"Stop thinking. Let things happen."

Posted December 18, 2020

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The Matrix

Rope

The Wonder

Music Box

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Arrival

Madigan

The Mack

It Happened One Night

Eraserhead

Breaking Away

Al Czervik

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Ty Webb