Tag: autobiography

Omnes Eodem Cogimur: Christ Stopped at Eboli and Life Under Fascism

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a white man with dark brown hair standing on a balcony saluting with one arm forward while a crowd of people looks up at him

|Courtney Kowalke| For the past year, I’ve had Umberto Eco’s essay “Ur-Fascism” open in a tab in Firefox on my phone. Going about my daily life the way I did prior to 2025 has me feeling wrong-footed. I feel like a foreigner on earth, like the world… Continue reading

Give ‘Em the Old Razzle Dazzle: All That Jazz and the Strength of Self-Reflection

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|Courtney Kowalke| The day after Perisphere assigned me All That Jazz (1979) for my next film essay, the web browser on my phone recommended I read the IndieWire article “‘All That Jazz’ Is a Favorite of Fincher, Kubrick, and Scorsese—Here’s Why.” I’m not a fan of whatever… Continue reading