Recently Published Book Spotlight: Thoughtful Images

Thomas Wartenberg is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Mount Holyoke College. He has edited or co-edited books on the philosophy of art, the philosophy of film, philosophy for/with children, and the nature of power. His most recent book Thoughtful Images: Illustrating Philosophy through Art explores various illustrations of philosophical concepts and develops a beginning theory […]

The Dead Eyes of “Decision to Leave”

Roland Barthes once wrote of the disturbing effect of the point-of-view shot from the eyes of a dead man in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Vampyr: “The camera moves from house to cemetery recording what the dead man sees: such is the extreme limit at which representation is outplayed; the spectator can no longer take up any […]

Nope’s Social Demons

In an interview that has gone viral in several places, Jordan Peele stated that he had five films planned on what he referred to as “social demons.” As he stated in the interview: “The best and scariest monsters in the world are human beings and what we are capable of, especially when we get together. […]