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Video Essay: Paul Verhoeven, A Celebration [NSFW]

By Benjamin Shearn | June 29, 2020

By Benjamin Shearn | June 29, 2020

Video Essay: Paul Verhoeven, A Celebration [NSFW]

Filmmaker Benjamin Shearn continues his "Driftless Significance" series of video essays with a euphoric encapsulation of the Dutch master's work.

Video Essay: Modern Horror

By Benjamin Shearn | June 9, 2020

By Benjamin Shearn | June 9, 2020

Video Essay: Modern Horror

In the second part of his Driftless Significance video essay series, Benjamin Shearn looks at horror's departure from its classical roots.

Video Essay: On the Importance of Exploding Heads [NSFW]

By Benjamin Shearn | May 15, 2020

By Benjamin Shearn | May 15, 2020

Video Essay: On the Importance of Exploding Heads [NSFW]

Benjamin Shearn kicks off his new video essay series, Driftless Significance, by pondering an enduring obsession that started with Scanners.

Catharsis in Disaster: A Spiritual Defense of Cats

By Benjamin Shearn | January 9, 2020

By Benjamin Shearn | January 9, 2020

Catharsis in Disaster: A Spiritual Defense of Cats

Screenwriter and editor Benjamin Shearn on why we should all appreciate the rare, unifying glory that is a bad movie of this magnitude.