Author: Greg Dember

In an email exchange with an art-and-culture critic friend prior to the film’s release, I shared the prediction, “I think Barbie is going to be philosophically meaningful while also …

This is a very lightly edited transcription of a presentation Greg Dember recently gave at the Melbourne Metamodernism Conference, February 2–3, 2023.

Here at What is Metamodern? we are in the business of finding exemplars of the metamodern sensibility in the arts and popular culture. One thing we’ve noticed consistently over …

Don’t Look Up, directed by Adam McKay and featuring a star-studded cast, premiered on Netflix on December 24, 2021 and can be described as a satirical, apocalyptic, science-fiction film. …

I paid the full $20 to watch the film Black Bear (online) on its release day (December 4, 2020) mostly because I’m a huge fan of lead weirdo, Aubrey …

I’ve always liked Weezer, but never felt like they were one of my bands. “The Sweater Song,” “Buddy Holly,” and “Say It Ain’t So” – the hits from their …

BROCKHAMPTON is a U.S. hip-hop collective that breaks a number of norms. For example, they prefer to be called a "boy band" --because they want to redefine what boy …

I’ve been wanting to write about A Very Brady Renovation (a 7-episode show available on HGTV and Hulu) for a while now, but could not come up with a …

Recently I volunteered at the Seattle Art Fair, an annual event that brings together hundreds of galleries and artists to display their work in a sprawling conference area inhabiting …

I recently gave a talk “Punk Rock for Sissies: The Return of Affect in Early 21st Century American Indie Rock” at the AHRC Metamodernism conference at Radboud University in …