by Chisnell | 14 May 2021 | Culture Criticism, Literary Criticism
While it’s true that Snyder has been granted a larger, freer role in producing Army of the Dead than he has been allowed in previous films, we can’t forget that this very freedom is being marketed to us; Snyder is still caught up in this $90 million budget.
by Chisnell | 11 May 2021 | Culture Criticism, Literary Criticism
I despair (only a bit) that, as much as I enjoy a good zombie film, Zack Snyder’s heist-zombie film with a big budget will eat itself as well.
by Chisnell | 9 May 2021 | Culture Criticism, Literary Criticism
What has yet to be developed is a zombie-specific set of criteria which determine the quality of a literary event, a tragic absence in our culture, which this manual seeks to rectify.
by Chisnell | 1 May 2021 | Blog, Culture Criticism, Literary Criticism
I hate zombies (and consequently love the films) because I dread becoming one, living, dead, or undead. Is there a worse fate than the loss of mind? Zombies speak directly to that too-real possibility.
by Chisnell | 19 January 2019 | Blog, Education, Philosophy, Politics and Ethics
In some important sense, even in this political chaos, there must be an accountability for all composition.
by Chisnell | 1 December 1993 | Blog, Education
How can we pretend to teach critical thinking without inquiry into the very forms of communication we use to express that thought? How can we make students of writing also philosophers of writing?
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