In the 1999 science fiction film, The Matrix, the main character Neo is offered the choice between a red pill and a blue pill. Blue pill: choose security and known happiness. Red pill: choose uncertainty, but knowledge and freedom. Depending on how we feel about the plot of the Matrix, our answer as to which … Read more
At the beginning of Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse, Peter Parker dies. He’s only one of the seven different inter-dimensional spidermen that feature later in the film, but the death of their Spiderman is a tragedy to the people of New York. For once, everyone is on the same page — and true to the times … Read more
The Power of a Love Story When the motor failed on the fragile dinghy carrying Sarah Ezzat Mardini, her sister, and 18 other asylum-seekers, Mardini jumped into the Aegean Sea. For more than three hours she swam, guiding the boat toward Greece’s shoreline. In Candace Breitz’ video installation Love Story, currently on display at Boston’s Museum … Read more