“This proclamation made the people of St Albans, who had been in revolt for a long time in their struggle for liberty, the slaves of a…
by KARL STEEL A couple days ago, Geoffrey Chaucer suggested we spice up song titles with an added “Mordor.” So let’s blame Chaucer, as we…
Yet more Serra at, of course, the Gagosian. When is the when of a piece that corrodes? by KARL STEEL In re: grading, just wrote…
by KARL STEEL I just realized, just now, that the anxiety over anthropomorphic projection in, say, critical animal studies forgets that this kind of projection…
Even for long-time fans, there’s a lot to dislike about Jim Jarmusch’s The Limits of Control. The cast of cool friends, fun in a spot-the-celeb way…
Image from the Morgan Library. by KARL STEEL Here’s one for Fumblr, the Academic Failblog: Some years ago, while chatting with my students about hunting,…
The last few nights’ film was Kobayashi’s Harakiri, and perhaps you shouldn’t read further (or click through to that Wikipedia link) if you don’t want…
“what I look to is intellectual distinction.’‘Combined with financial success.’ ‘Why, that is what distinction means.’ He looked round the room with a smile. And…
Lead lid from mirror case: Tristan and Iseult receiving the love potion, King Marc on the right, and Husdent, Tristan’s dog, underneath. Inscription: MARCVIS TRISTREM:ISOVOC…
My CUNY colleague Brian Thill (Bronx Community College, CUNY) just published an extraordinary essay at The Atlantic called “Fake Birds on Film: The nature of unspecial…
