“Dreams” Featured Artist Jason Ryberg
Synkroniciti is delighted to welcome back poet Jason Ryberg with three elegant poems about journeys. Two are tanka, descended from the Japanese poetic tradition, consisting of five lines with a …
Quote for Today: Tom Reiss
The novelist Dumas would one day borrow features from both of his uncles, not to mention his grandfather, the acknowledged scoundrel, in fashioning the central villains of The Count of …
Redecorating an Aging Villain: Thoughts on Project Vader
Darth Vader has been the personification of evil for several generations. Is the archetype he represents aging gracefully or not? My first movie theater experience was The Empire Strikes Back …
Quote for Today: Émile Gaboriau
He was as yet not sufficiently experienced in ruffianism to know that one villain always sacrifices another to advance his own project; he was credulous enough to believe in the …
Quote for Today: Colin Firth
Whenever you take on playing a villain, he has to cease to be a villain to you. ―Colin Firth
Quote for Today: Derek Landy
“The fact is that we have no way of knowing if the person who we think we are is at the core of our being. Are you a decent girl with the …
The Shadow of Innocence: Villainous by Paul Constantakis
Children are often characterized as innocent, but watching them play reveals otherwise. Deep down, aren’t we all a bit villainous? A sleeping boy lies peacefully in his room, but all …
Quote for Today: Jim Butcher
No one just starts giggling and wearing black and signs up to become a villainous monster. How the hell do you think it happens? It happens to people. Just people. …
Quote for Today: Agnes Repplier
A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough …
On Monsters: Portrayals of Nazis and Hitler in Hirschbiegel’s Downfall
What is the role of the artist in dealing with the dark side of humanity? How do we portray evil? My husband and I recently watched Downfall (Der Untergang), which counterpoints the …