Category Archives: Evil

In Time (2011)

Posted on March 5, 2012 by admin

Noah Berlatsky is totally right, In Time (2011) wants to be a critique of capitalism but instead it ends up being a “searing satire of America’s utter inability to critique capitalism.” However, what Berlatsky fails to recognize is that the film … Continue reading →

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Margin Call (2011), or a Report on the Banality of Greed

Posted on December 29, 2011 by admin

So far, few movies have been as successful as J. C. Chandor’s Margin Call (2011) in portraying the events of the 2008 economic crisis. In fact, the movie achieves something only a few among the best films in history have … Continue reading →

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Terry Eagleton on faith

Posted on September 5, 2011 by admin

In a recent article, Terry Eagleton takes to task Westerners’ anxiety towards Islam. For him, what scares Western civilization about Islam is not suicide-bombers or building-crashing airplanes but the scandalous apprehension generated by a comeback to a world ruled by (religious) faith. Faith—or rather … Continue reading →

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Oslo y el mal

Posted on July 26, 2011 by admin

“No existe una razón única por la cual las personas hablan”—Ludwig Wittgenstein A estas alturas, probablemente, ya todos conocen los detalles de lo ocurrido en la capital de Noruega, donde un joven de 32 años asesinó a 76 personas, motivado … Continue reading →

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