"The Killing" makes murder a spectacle, something beautiful, peopled with a group of ne’er-do-wells whose destruction we will undoubtedly enjoy.
Continue reading...misanthropy
Satire or Misanthropy? “Solar,” by Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan’s 2010 novel “Solar” is a misanthropic retelling of ten years in the life of erstwhile Nobel Prize recipient Michael Beard
Continue reading...-
- 2021-05-23
- On Literature, Books Reading Journal
Uncertain reflections on the Coen Brothers’ misanthropy
Reflection on David Denby’s critique of the Coen brothers’ consistent misanthropy
Continue reading...-
- 2015-01-15
- On Film, Movies, Cinema