Brian Brutlag
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The Sociologist's Dojo: Pop Culture is Soft Power
This blog focuses on the analysis of film and popular culture using the sociological perspective.
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Alan J. Pakula's "Paranoid Trilogy": An Introduction
"If Villain Bad, Then Why Hot?" How Consuming Modern Villain Narratives and Redemption arcs Obfuscates and Sanitizes Real-World Villainy
The Films of Julia Ducournau: Alpha
'Maximum Lethality': Pete Hegseth and the Interlocking Mechanisms of Alienation, Masculinity, and Militainment
"I Will Not See The White City Fall:" Billionaire's Obsession with 'The Lord of the Rings' and the Cultural Laundering of White Supremacy through Tolkien's Trilogy
'Rise of the Machines': The Creative Emptiness of AI use in Film and Beyond
The Dojo's Top Ten Films that Encapsulate 2025
The Films of Julia Ducournau: Titane
The Films of Julia Ducournau: Raw
'You're Out of Order!': Copaganda and the Laundering of the Criminal Justice System's Adversarial Approach Through Film and TV.
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