All the annoying activists plaguing the world today deserve thanks for demonstrating how we’re collectively more interested in following the age’s dominant narrative than determining the truth. It’s now untenable to maintain a vision of humanity based on reason alone. The conflicts and confusions of our post-everything world are a persistent feature of our psychologyContinue reading “Like Extreme Sports? Try the Truth”
Author Archives: Lee Russell Wilkes
Nina Na: Phuket Islands
Chasing the Pink Unicorn: lessons from 15 years of street photography
A collection of street photography cliches was trying to talk to me. I was standing on a bridge in the centre of Bangkok, camera on a tripod in front of me. He was carrying a Leica M6 and a nice Billingham bag. He took frequent asides from our brief conversation to take photos of somethingContinue reading “Chasing the Pink Unicorn: lessons from 15 years of street photography”
Geistbusters
On nudity, nihilism and new genres: what do yesterday’s sexploitation filmmakers have to tell us about the genres of tomorrow’s cinema? If you’ve seen any of Spider Noir, like me you might have tuned out, underwhelmed at its simulacra low-contrast black and white cinematography. Celebrated? Much of it was a wishy-washy middle-grey mess. As withContinue reading “Geistbusters”
Schindler’s Watch List
The problem with cinema’s sacred cows is the lingering aroma of bullshit. Can I help it if Nazisploitation movies are inherently more honest? Full article here: https://brightlightsfilm.com/anyone-miss-movies-that-made-people-vomit-schindlers-watch-list
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