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“The Evolution of Sin” in ‘Westworld’
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“The Evolution of Sin” in ‘Westworld’

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 / 27 November 2017

The uncanny similarity of scenes in this show to the Hollywood harassment/abuse stories -- up to and including the proposition that suffering can advance one's career -- reveals Westworld to be too content to reenact the mechanisms of systemic abuse.

Order, Chaos, and Faith: The Themes and Form of ‘The Dark Knight’
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Order, Chaos, and Faith: The Themes and Form of ‘The Dark Knight’

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 / 16 November 2015
Originally a story about the perils of combating organised crime, The Dark Knight makes several radical departures that frequently result in the main characters being split among tonally disparate contexts whose relevance to each other is not always immediately evident.
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Your Virtual Fall TV Preview: Thursdays

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 / 20 September 2011
Tribeca Film Festival 2010: Memento – Tribeca Talks After the Movie
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Tribeca Film Festival 2010: Memento – Tribeca Talks After the Movie

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 / 26 April 2010
The Tribeca Film Festival revisits "this intellectually challenging film on its 10th anniversary” with a panel that featured special guests from both "science and screen".