And then there’s a world here where movies like Sinners and One Battle After Another don’t even hit our biggest screens, or they do only in major cities on the coasts. Further instilling that the movies are no longer for everyone now, just those in the right place with money.

I have zero idea what the answer is, it feels hopeless. If you still have an indie theater, support it. If you can buy physical media from boutiques, that helps too. But the idea of a smaller movie, made now, by people outside of the studio system, getting play feels impossible.

It’s increasingly clear that we live in a world by and for billionaires now, but the movies have always been a stridently democratic art form. The spaces where indie films thrive need to be protected and we are losing sight of that in an ever growing sea of corporate content.

Lord have mercy

also if the game gets popular enough it will create an audience for more games like this that deal with more upsetting themes more explicitly

by banning the game Valve and Epic have made the whole thing a lightning rod issue and given the game a ton of visibility. it's not big enough to affect them right now but it feels like in the long run it's opened a door they may really regret opening

You’ll have to receive a stamp on your passport after taking a visit to the Lucky Duck in Garden City before your can exit our borders.