Natalia Antonova

2 days ago | globalcomment.com | Natalia Antonova

One of the reasons why Charlie Brooker’s dystopian Black Mirror series has been a hit for years, in spite of the fickle nature of what’s considered cool and what gets to go viral, is that it plays on our very justified fears about the evolution of technology. Human beings are addicted to tech, but also tend to have an abusive relationship with it. In the year 2025, we’re used to our data being sold, our privacy being breached, and our sense of reality being compromised.

2 weeks ago | globalcomment.com | Natalia Antonova

The third season of Mike White’s White Lotus is concluded, and both the nuanced think pieces and complaints have rolled in. White has felt compelled to defend the show in its third season – and rightly so. Yes, it WAS slow. Yes, it felt a bit pointless at times, like a long, drawn out exhale that dissipates in the air. That was the point, however. A season inspired by the Buddhist contemplation of the futility of our earthly dramas was always going to be strangely unsatisfying.

1 month ago | globalcomment.com | Natalia Antonova

This week I am in Moab, Utah, which is so painfully beautiful that it is hard to handle. Moab sits in a valley surrounded by dreamlike sandstone foundations, with the La Sal mountains towering to the southeast of the city. Arches and Canyonlands National Parks are nearby, as well as petroglyphs and Bureau of Land Management land. The soil under your feet feels ancient and new at once. The stars look so bright and heavy at night that you have to wonder how the sky doesn’t come crashing down.

1 month ago | globalcomment.com | Natalia Antonova

When I find myself in times of trouble, Jack Reacher comes to me. Well, in dreams he does, anyway. He usually puts his big arms around me and whispers something romantic such as, “Unfuck yourself.” Or, “Harden the fuck up.” (My ideas about romance may be slightly unusual.)It’s hard to get the full measure of the third reasons of the hit show Reacher on Prime so far, as we are only on to the sixth episode of an eight-season run, but honestly, it’s been an example of great television so far.

1 month ago | globalcomment.com | Natalia Antonova

If you liked Apple Cider Vinegar on Netflix, you must check out The Search for Instagram’s Worst Con Artist. The former is a fictionalized retelling real life grifter Belle Gibson, who rose to fame after claiming that she was keeping brain cancer at bay by eating healthy, natural foods. The latter, a true crime documentary featuring real people affected by Gibson’s lies, is a bit less satisfying and neat. And that, of course, is the point. Real life is rarely neat.