CINTEGRITY's Cultural Decay

COVID-19...a period of political turmoil and uncertainty. And yet, a surprising sense of passion and sincerity arose in the year 2020 as well. Looking back today, as Ari Aster did with 2025's Eddington , it is easy to be cynical about the way we engaged with our surroundings. And cynicism, as it turns out, is pretty damn addictive. But where does cynicism get us? Do we have a better alternative? C...

CINTEGRITY’s Cultural Decay screening/lecture series continues with a discussion of Jordan Peele’s 2022 film Nope , which shares considerable DNA with the first film in our series, Steven Spielberg’s 2026 release Disclosure Day . We revisit the extent to which the film is about “aliens” in the traditional sense, considering how Peele effectively wrongfoots his audience, and continuing our dissecti...

CINTEGRITY Media founder and host Cory Stillman welcomes you to a special screening series both affectionately and forebodingly referred to as "Cultural Decay." We kick things off with a conversation about Steven Spielberg's brand new film Disclosure Day , reckoning with the film's complicated reception, as well as its outlook on the monoculture and cultural memory. What is cultural decay? What is...