Hope
The sheer fun of the cinematic experience HOPE creates makes its flaws much easier to forgive.
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Jackass & The Pain of Performance
From the work of Bob Flanagan to the lowbrow, mainstream spectacle of the JACKASS films, self-injury becomes culturally valuable through its exposure to an audience, raising the fundamental question of whether suffering only acquires cultural meaning when it is witnessed by others.
Akira, ‘Cyberpunking’ & the future
As AKIRA took to the cinema screen once again for a re-release just this year, it reminded us of its storming arrival to the science-fiction genre in 1988. The film may not suggest a perfect tomorrow, but promises a future we can choose.