Michael Krimper

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Trauma, Love, and Time Travel

Trauma, Love, and Time Travel

Tracing the temporality of love through Bruce Willis sci-fi films, '12 Monkeys' and 'Looper', and at the heart of it all, 'La Jetée.'

| October 9, 2012 | No Comments »

Imagining America’s End: A Tale of Two Cities

Imagining America’s End: A Tale of Two Cities

Encountering death in Benh Zeitlin's 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' and Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight Rises.'

| August 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Diaspora Sound System

Diaspora Sound System

An Interview with Steve Spacek of Africa Hitech on sound systems, Donna Summer, Jah Shaka, and the feeling of bass.

| June 18, 2012 | No Comments »

Keith Haring and The Rhythms of Painting

Keith Haring and The Rhythms of Painting

Haring's current exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum draws us to the musical stylistics of his art.

| May 22, 2012 | No Comments »

On the Erotics of Evil

On the Erotics of Evil

Why Andrzej Zulawski's film from 1981 "Possession" sexualizes a woman's relation with a monster.

| April 12, 2012 | No Comments »

The Music of Ruination

The Music of Ruination

How Burial's new album 'Kindred' suspends rave's immemorial past in its ruins.

| February 27, 2012 | No Comments »

Revisiting the Music of 2011: Dissent, Censorship, and Apocalypse

Revisiting the Music of 2011: Dissent, Censorship, and Apocalypse

From turning our gaze backwards, and recycling lost time, a new music is emerging, slowly paving way for an impending rupture to come.

| January 5, 2012 | No Comments »

The Seduction of Drive’s Soundtrack

The Seduction of Drive’s Soundtrack

Why the 'Drive' soundtrack works so well, and a playlist of more menacing synth-pop tunes to cruise to.

| October 29, 2011 | No Comments »

Summoning the Ghosts

Summoning the Ghosts

What has become of the American on the road soundtrack?

| August 31, 2011 | No Comments »

Appropriating Cheese

Appropriating Cheese

Hiphop producer Araabmuzik uncovers the horror of trance in 'Electronic Dream.'

| August 2, 2011 | No Comments »