Seeing and Believing 143: Alex Garland’s Annihilation and Abbas Kiarostami’s 24 Frames

Seeing & Believing goes on an expedition into the dark, weird, and dreamlike this week. First, Wade and Kevin journey into the heart of “the Shimmer” with their review of Alex Garland’s latest sci-fi mind-trip, Annihilation. Then they turn to consider Abbas Kiarostami’s final film, the documentary 24 Frames.

The CAPC Digest 88: Figure Skating, Double Standards, and Sports Fandom with Gina Dalfonzo

Drew and Tyler chat with Gina Dalfonzo about the double standard present in sports fandom with regard to how people tend to react to vocal female athletes compared to male athletes. The crew also discusses how the public treats athletes and react to their failures and successes.

Mbue’s Behold the Dreamers, an Invitation to Empathetic Discomfort

Perhaps Mbue’s purpose was to evoke in me just a tiny bit of the frantic sense of what it is to be an immigrant, to be fixated on a version of a dream that will never come true.