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Post-Liberal Cinema in Five Films
Postliberal film does not exist. No director has set out to make a postliberal film. Just as no Soviet director set out to make dissident Soviet cinema. Soviet cinema became dissident in retrospect because the Soviet Union collapsed. If our Master and Margarita is The Camp of the Saints, our Hard to Be a God is Christmas with the Kranks.
Julia Schiwal
Sep 25, 202517 min read


Happy Birthday, USA
"Beauty of the American landscape: that the immeasurable size of the entire land is inscribed, as expression, even in the smallest of its segments.'
Julia Schiwal
Jul 4, 20253 min read


The First Political Order in Crisis
How do I get you to pay attention to this story? Tragically, if you are reading this, you have likely heard of this story before. I can...
Julia Schiwal
Jun 13, 202518 min read


The War on Candles
My favorite local restaurant does something that I hate. On each table in their otherwise beautiful restaurant, in a small and delicate...
Julia Schiwal
Apr 22, 20257 min read
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