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A Promise, a Film, a Fire
Some days stand apart, orphaned by the ambitions and routines that define most of the year. This was one of those days in was late August, a time less like summer and more like the first feint of autumn, like a pulled punch to see if you’d...
No Homework - what it is and why
This essay, summing up three years in about 1 page and 120 links, is free. I hope that you’ll check out the trailer for my upcoming film, The Demon Core of Fresh Kills. Think of it as a coming attraction before the feature essay. Film...
How Humanity Became a Dirty Word
Films Discussed
The Odyssey (2026)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Network (1976)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Rounders (1998)
Oppenheimer (2023)
The poem The Odyssey matters. I don’t know e...
The Basement in the Cabin of the Obvious
Films discussed:
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 and 1978)
The Langoliers (1995)
Obsession (2026)
Backrooms (2026)
The Demon Core of Fresh Kills (2027)
This essay comes bearing good news. Ov...
Bring It to a Boil
(Originally published in the Metropolitan Review, under the title “Cannibalism, Pederasty, and the Next Upgrade”)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, is a cop out.
Rhetorically, it’s clear, easy to agree with, and...
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Colin Dodds is an award-winning author and filmmaker, whose works include The Reign of the Anti-Santas, The 6th Finger of Tommy the Goose, and Forget This Good Thing, a literary and philosophical experience for the iPhone and Android.
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