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Why We Go To The Movies

Essays about movies, and how they make me feel. Sometimes serious, sometimes not.

By Alessandro Di-Girolamo

· Launched 6 months ago

Disclosure Day

Alien disclosure, information control, and the moment Spielberg turns spectacle into shared experience

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Arrival & The Cost of Knowledge

Righting the Wrongs of Oscars Past: 2015 Edition

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Introduction

Essays about movies, and how they make me feel. Sometimes serious, sometimes not.