Category: Review
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Today I took a bath
It was warm, luxurious, steamy, and it made me think about how baths can be a good metaphor for decadence. The steam that rises can obscure things and blur lines, much like the themes explored in Emerald Fennel’s Saltburn. A breakout film in late 2023, it quickly became iconic for…
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Today I started a diary
Why does one write a diary? Is it simply to create a record for posterity, or is there something more to it? Traditionally, the daily account of someone’s life serves as a window into history. We read historical diaries to get insight into how people lived in the past. “See,…
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