Aftergloam, n. The feeling you get when the warm glow of the movie (or show) that you love has faded, and you can begin to explore the shadowy corners of its politics, production, and potential afterlife.
When reviewing films for magazines I often find that deadlines require me to think fast and write faster. Sometimes I've been swept up in the audiovisual or emotional spectacle of a movie (especially at film festivals where I've been running on no sleep and too much coffee), and my reviews have reflected that. Writing in the afterglow is no bad thing--after all, stories are meant to move us, and when I read reviews I want to feel the writer's enthusiasm, excitement, disgust, or whatever emotional response they've had to the work they're reviewing.
But here, in the aftergloam, I write about the films, shows, exhibitions, books and so on that I've enjoyed and had time to more fully consider, whether that time extends to a few days, months, or years. Indeed, time allowing, I may even re-review movies I've written about previously. This is a space for longer essays and in-depth reviews that make connections between different media and draw on aspects of mine and others' research while focusing on recent releases.
Concerning capitalism, corporations, tech. Land, nature, non-humans. Identity, power, justice. Pasts, presents, futures.
But here, in the aftergloam, I write about the films, shows, exhibitions, books and so on that I've enjoyed and had time to more fully consider, whether that time extends to a few days, months, or years. Indeed, time allowing, I may even re-review movies I've written about previously. This is a space for longer essays and in-depth reviews that make connections between different media and draw on aspects of mine and others' research while focusing on recent releases.
Concerning capitalism, corporations, tech. Land, nature, non-humans. Identity, power, justice. Pasts, presents, futures.
