Ryan Bedsaul

Oct 23, 2023 | currentaffairs.org | Ryan Bedsaul |Ciara Moloney

“We might wonder if the movies have ever really depicted Los Angeles.” Thom Andersen, Los Angeles Plays Itself When it comes down to it, I’m a pretty boring traveler. I finally realized this when my neighbors shared plans to drive a motorcycle one thousand miles up the Pacific Coast Highway with two hiking backpacks strapped to their sides to soak in the gorgeous California and Oregon landscapes before flying to Nepal and backpacking through the Himalayas for three weeks.

Oct 23, 2023 | currentaffairs.org | Ryan Bedsaul

“We might wonder if the movies have ever really depicted Los Angeles.”Thom Andersen, Los Angeles Plays ItselfWhen it comes down to it, I’m a pretty boring traveler. I finally realized this when my neighbors shared plans to drive a motorcycle one thousand miles up the Pacific Coast Highway with two hiking backpacks strapped to their sides to soak in the gorgeous California and Oregon landscapes before flying to Nepal and backpacking through the Himalayas for three weeks.

Aug 10, 2023 | currentaffairs.org | Samuel McDonald |Richard Eskow |Michael Carter |Ryan Bedsaul

To reminisce about the “long 1990s” is to remember a brief end to history, when the towering gingerbread house of liberal democracy finally enclosed us all. This was the decade when the value of investing in finance capital and divesting from the public good went fully mainstream. The slow-falling scythe blade severing individuals from each other, institutions from their purpose, and the myriad forms of sacredness and ways of life from capitalist realism was blissfully welcomed.

May 18, 2023 | lithub.com | Ryan Bedsaul

A Survey of Murakami Reimaginings, from Burning to Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman What can animation achieve that live action films cannot? And what sorts of stories are better equipped for one or the other?