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The View of the Shrew – available now!
Dear Off-Guardian readers, as someone who has been honoured to share my thoughts with you through these pages, I’m...
Fakes and Forgeries
Francis O'Neill
One evening, a lady who was new to my drawing class tentatively mentioned that her mother-in-law was writing a...
5 Masterpieces of Contemporary American Cinema: Beyond The Crucible
David Penner
In part one of this series, we discussed a number of films which encapsulate the depravity of an America...
Let Me Now Praise James Agee
Edward Curtin
On the Romantic poet John Keats’ tombstone in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome are these words, which he chose:...
Gatsby Meets Nietzsche on the Train to Town
Edward Curtin
“Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past....
Treebeard’s Razor: The Ents Weigh in on AI Art and Writing
Jordan Henderson
There is still a lot of excitement about generative AI. Clearly then, not enough cold water has been thrown...
Wozzeck’s Nightmare
Todd Hayen
The Canadian Opera Company is just finishing up their run of one of the 20th Century’s most intriguing operas,...
The Cow That Lives Forever
Kit Knightly
The scientists had done it. They had solved world hunger, they had ended farming as we know it and...
At the Lost & Found
Edward Curtin
My dear mother, who had an artistic temperament that tended at times toward the sentimental, liked to call me...
How “Adolescence” offers us a peek inside the machine
Kit Knightly
I wrote about Adolescence – or rather the (manufactured) hype surrounding it – last week. I thought at the...
6 Masterpieces of Contemporary American Cinema: Neoliberalism through the Looking Glass
David Penner
As transpired in Weimar Germany, cataclysmic times invariably induce great suffering, yet they can also serve as inspiration for...
Why is EVERYBODY talking about Adolescence?
Kit Knightly
I'm not talking about Adolescence, I'm talking about the people talking about it. That might seem like a paper...
Modern Times and Ancient Truths
Edward Curtin
Eighty-nine years ago this month, the film Modern Times, starring Charlie Chaplin, was released. Considered one of the greatest movies...
Are the Dead Nostalgic?
Edward Curtin
I was asking this question recently when the nightmare of the Israeli genocide of Palestinians greatly disturbed my reflections...
Palestine Hijacked: How Zionism Forged An Apartheid State From River to Sea By Thomas Suárez
Edward Curtin
Much has been written in the alternative press over the past year about the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians...
A Voyage into a Complete Unknown Known
Edward Curtin
“Every time I ask what time it is, I get a different answer” Henny Youngman I don’t know about...
Reel Villains: Brief Encounter
Kit Knightly
In honor of the Holiday Season I’ve delved into my personal archives for more movie reviews, and turned up...
A Christmas Star Is Always Born
Edward Curtin
It is no different now. The yearning still gnaws. The night dark, utterly silent, Sky stretched endlessly back Into...
Revolutionising the Self
Colin Todhunter
Bindu Art School in Chengalpattu, a couple of hours by road from Chennai in South India, was set up...
The Season for Living
Sinéad Murphy
In October 2020, Bob Moran published a cartoon privately on social media. Bob was still employed by The Telegraph...
