A developing list of recent films I have enjoyed:1) Home of the Brave (dir. Mark Robson, 1949)2) Dog Day Afternoon (dir. Sidney Lumet, 1975)3) Secret Sunshine (dir. Lee Chang-dong, 2007)4) Beau Travail (dir. Claire Denis, 1999)5) La Notte (dir. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1961)6) Flaming Creatures (dir. Jack Smith, 1963)7) S’en Fout La Mort (dir. Claire Denis,…

An essay interrogating the contrasting approaches to <knowledge> by philosophical skepticism (Descartes, Hume etc.) and ordinary language philosophy (a particular tradition after Wittgenstein: Cavell, Austin etc.) — with comments from Toril Moi, Professor. Durham, North Carolina // December 2021

I moved in with my uncle this May, and was pleased to discover a number of lending libraries in his neighbourhood. During walks and rides of the area, I would nosey into the local offerings, and upon one such nosey-ing I found a copy of Fydor Dostoevesky’s Crime and Punishment. I had recently connected with…