3. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: “We are the Audience” #CaPC25
The world is not right, and the longer we pretend it is, the closer we get to becoming the Capital.
4. Before Midnight: “What Happens After” #CaPC25
Before Midnight is a heartwrenching look at a relationship developed without a solid foundation.
5. Gone Home: “To be Fearful, Alone, and Disenfranchised” #CaPC25
6. Twelve Years a Slave: “Little Relief for the Moviegoer” #CaPC25
7. Welcome to Night Vale: “Your Thoughts Return to the Dog Park” #CaPC25
8. Moone Boy: “Odd Man Out” #CaPC25
9. Orange is the New Black: “Treated With Respect” #CaPC25
Kerman’s efforts to survive in prison make for an absorbing (if not completely original) clash between upper-middle class mores and the seedy power-grabbing of the underworld.
10. Pope Francis: “He Does Normal Christian Stuff” #CaPC25
A lot of good people wonder how one could live the Christian life in a Christian way if one somehow had celebrity sprung upon oneself.
11. Netflix and Hulu: “A Relative Amount of Creative Freedom” #CaPC25
12. Boxers & Saints: “Stirring Up Empathy For Those on Both Sides” #CaPC25
13. Gravity: “Humanity’s Own Fight” #CaPC25
Displayed between Stone and Kowalski is humanity’s own fight to not get lost in a vast and endless void.
14. Lorde – Pure Heroine: “Lingers and Demands Contemplation” #CaPC25
An honest commentary on the invisible void often accompanied by youthful dreaming and indulgence.
15. The Great Gatsby: “An Absurdity That Speaks a Twinge of Truth” #CaPC25
16. Kentucky Route Zero: “Playing Becomes a Kind of Rest” #CaPC25
Take a break from striving and let this game take you to a place of peaceful waiting and discovery.
17. House of Cards: “Only Us. Small. Solitary. Striving.” #CaPC25
The series highlights D.C.’s distinct regional emphasis on reputation and influence and shows how those specific forms of power are as intoxicating and sexy a seduction as any other.
