A developing list of films I have thought beautiful, poignant over the last few years: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) Tongues Untied (dir. Marlon T. Riggs, 1989)7)…

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…