Why Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window’ Mirrors Today’s Social Media Age
In its exploration of themes like paranoia, voyeurism, and loneliness, Hitchcock’s Rear Window strikes a familiar chord with the social media climate we live in today.
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The “Luxurious Loneliness” of Anime Film ‘Perfect Blue’
In Satoshi Kon's 1997 masterpiece, Perfect Blue, former J-Pop idol Mima Kirigoe's crisis of identity echoes our current 'epidemic' of loneliness -- upsetting the boundary between private and public agency, the desire to hide and the compulsion to be seen.
‘Don’t Skip Out On Me’ Reads Lightly, Questions Heavily
In his fifth novel, writer and musician Willy Vlautin deals with the causes and consequences of loneliness.
The Vast Loneliness of ‘No Man’s Sky’
You cannot escape yourself in No Man's Sky. There is little to do but analyze the self.