THE DAKIN CUT
Written and visual media on film, culture, history, war, and memory.
Now That I’ve Turned 30
Bo Burnham’s Inside, closed doors, and the strange clarity of growing up.
I turned thirty this year, the number that many fellow aging people in their twenties see coming with dread.
Twelve years after True Detective first aired, I have reached the age where the time is a flat circle line is starting to feel like an explanation for why I keep returning to the same music, the same movies, the same video games…the same versions of myself I thought I had outgrown...
That Funny Feeling Reimagined
This song needed a music video, so I made one with a little bit of everything all of the time.
They Were Only 19
Danger Close, the real Battle of Long Tan, and how Australia remembers its wars.
California Dreamin' in Baghdad
On such a winter's day.
Now That I’ve Turned 30
Bo Burnham’s Inside, closed doors, and the strange clarity of growing up.
Before You Enlist, Watch Combat Obscura
Ever fantasized about donning those sharp dress blues and becoming a hero? Before you do, watch Combat Obscura.
The Tragedy of Sam Harris: Israel & Gaza
Sam Harris’s essay is not just an intellectual failure; it is a moral failure.
Looking to History as Disaster Looms
The Great War. The Depression. World War II. The Cold War. Will COVID-19 join their ranks?