Gerry Canavan

Jan 22, 2025 | dissentmagazine.org | Gerry Canavan |Michael McCanne |Dan Sinykin

The Art of Obstruction A new art project uses the legal system of mineral rights as a means to block oil and gas extraction. All that Dissipates Must Descend In her short stories, Ottessa Moshfegh chronicles downward mobility on the part of the privileged—and in so doing exposes their unfitness to rule, if not to exist.

Jan 19, 2025 | msn.com | Gerry Canavan

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Jan 19, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Gerry Canavan

Populated as it is with elves, demons and magic of all kinds, J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” is perhaps the most influential fantasy narrative of the past century. But few things are more definitively fantastical about it than its conclusion, in which its heroes vanquish a tremendous evil and kill what amounts to the devil himself. What finale could be more satisfying, more desirable, than the triumph of light over dark?

Jul 1, 2023 | infobae.com | Gerry Canavan

Para el espectador contemporáneo, la franquicia de Indiana Jones parece un género en sí mismo, o al menos el origen de uno. A estas alturas, las aventuras de nuestro héroe del látigo han servido de inspiración a innumerables personajes, como la Lara Croft saqueadora de tumbas, el Benjamin Franklin Gates ladrón de la Declaración de Independencia en National Treasure, la franquicia de la Momia, Uncharted y Duck Tales.

Jun 28, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Gerry Canavan

Comment on this storyCommentTo the contemporary viewer, the “Indiana Jones” franchise feels like a genre unto itself — or at least like the origin of one.