The Economy of Stillness
The train passenger from last week spoke words which still resonate in my thoughts. She used her phone to whisper…
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Resentment in a Two-Thousand-Person Town
A data centre costs roughly half a billion dollars to build. The proposal includes water consumption and electrical power usage…
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The Stage Manager’s Invisible Ledger
There's a moment in every workplace, maybe you've felt it, when gratitude curdles into something else entirely. Someone thanks you…
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True Cost of Belonging
The opening scene of Andrew Ahn's The Wedding Banquet shows Min as he searches his wallet to count money with…
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The Ammunition Budget of the Revolution
The central point of Sinners revolves around the time when Smoke and Stack purchase an abandoned millhouse from a white…
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Ledger of Silence
There's a moment early on where Shula's father asks her to send taxi money before he'll come to the scene…
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The Economics of Skin: Who Gets to Be Comfortable?
There's a moment early in Sauna where Johan, our golden retriever of a protagonist, is cleaning semen off the tiles…
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Everlasting Price of Patronage
Ten million dollars. That's reportedly what Brady Corbet spent making The Brutalist, which sounds like a lot until you consider…
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What’s The Going Rate for a Fairytale?
The establishment offers lap dances and customers can purchase champagne room access and additional "girlfriend experience" services. Sean Baker's camera…
