Nicholas Russell
Nicholas Russell's work, fiction and non-fiction, has appeared in The Believer, Columbia Journal, the Rumpus, Bright Wall/Dark Room, and Film Comment, among other publications. He is also part of the Writers Block, an independent bookstore and literary hub in Las Vegas.
In battling with paranoia and insomnia, and trying to make sense of the world, two writers go down separate wormholes—of an Australian faux-documentary horror movie and a Jacques Rivette tumble into conspiracy.
It’s where you go to watch a movie, and it's where everyone around is likely also watching you, lest you think that being black and alone in a public space has finally become unremarkable.
By Nicholas Russell
| March 4, 2020
Bacurau utilizes its aesthetics to paint a sensuous, earthy picture of a self-sustaining mixed community that rejects capitalistic tendencies in favor of collectivism. History is prized over revitalization.