misanthropy

  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

Stanley Kubrick’s “The Killing” (1956): Misanthropy Run Amok

"The Killing" makes murder a spectacle, something beautiful, peopled with a group of ne'er-do-wells whose destruction we will undoubtedly enjoy.

3 years ago
  • On Literature, Books

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…

3 years ago
  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

Uncertain reflections on the Coen Brothers’ misanthropy

Reflection on David Denby's critique of the Coen brothers' consistent misanthropy

10 years ago