Y’all are mad that Walz is pretending Vance is not a loathsome squirm so clearly you have not been to a Minnesota house party.

Post a scene from a film you’ve seen more than ten times. (I’ve seen a lot of movies more than ten times but this is certainly one that I have seen many more than ten times and I also happen to be teaching it this week)

Reposting in memory of Fredric Jameson www.unemployednegativity.com/2020/07/the-...

The Use and Abuse of Blockbusters for Life: Movies and Memes in the Age of Viral Collapse

Starting with these two. More to come the rest of this week as I can. What a loss and what a gift of work.

Earlier this Summer, I asked Anna Kornbluh what Fredric Jameson meant to literary criticism. On the occasion of his passing, we'd like to share her answer.

Fredric Jameson R.I.P.

with Anna Kornbluh

The final line of LATE MARXISM: "The 'current situation' to be sure has any number of urgent demands besides dialectical theory; still, 'not only theory, but also its absence, becomes a material force when it seizes the masses.'" RIP Fred Jameson

The music video for Crockett's Theme (aka best song ever written) youtu.be/eF8fGFfJl_I?...

Jan Hammer - Crockett's Theme [HD]

YouTube video by Miami Vice

First day of classes teaching/screening today, classical film theory: "It is all moving, all alive, all speeding about. It all moves into the foreground and then disappears somewhere."

this is also pretty cool for peggy flanagan as she’s going to be the first Indigenous woman in this nation’s history to hold the office of governor.

I couldn't resist the siren song of writing about Kamala Harris' joyous laughter!!! 😂♥️ #MALA@startribune.bsky.socialwww.startribune.com/make-america...

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How the exuberance of Kamala Harris is turning into a symbol of collective healing.