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Socialism and/or Barbarism

World Melodrama: All That Heaven Allows, 1955

By Evan Calder WilliamsNovember 6, 2012
A deer that stalks the scenes of their coupling like a mute, dewy nightmare.
Socialism and/or Barbarism

World Melodrama: Nobody's Children, 1950

By Evan Calder WilliamsOctober 21, 2012
“It’s needlessly cruel.”  Watching Nobody's Children is something like watching four people drive a car to the edge of a cliff, get out, and push…
Socialism and/or Barbarism

World Melodrama: Opfergang, 1944

By Evan Calder WilliamsOctober 9, 2012
Omnia sunt communia, especially a century's worth of tears and bareback horseback riding.
Socialism and/or Barbarism
By Evan Calder WilliamsAugust 19, 2012
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