May 14, 20184 min read

Call Me by Your Name- Do You Love and Leave?

LOVE/R this child is still -born. It assumes airs and love and dies. It had no air, before it needed air, and no amount of wind can bring...

Apr 23, 20186 min read

What Does 'Falling in Love' Look Like?

This post is part of Sapienism's online symposium dedicated to Luca Guadagnino's 2017 film, Call Me by Your Name. Each of the four...

Apr 21, 20185 min read

A Tale of Unexplored Love and Friendship

One of the first questions that came to my mind while watching Call Me by Your Name was - why choosing this title, and more importantly,...

Apr 21, 201824 min read

The Spoils of Paradise

Why leave your love? I search for answers in Call Me by Your Name (the film & the book), and Milton’s Paradise Lost. This post is part of...

Apr 17, 20183 min read

A Respite from the Real

The universe of Call Me by Your Name is remarkably separate from external context. The story occurs in a dreamy, unperturbed bubble....

Feb 14, 201817 min read

Would You Erase Me?

What if you received an email saying you had been erased from someone’s memory, and that you should no longer attempt to contact them?...

Feb 11, 20187 min read

A Century of Self-Determination

Few principles are more powerful, and perilous, than self-determination: It can tear states apart, and erect new ones; it can foster war,...

Jan 26, 20186 min read

Nevo: What’s in a Name?

Today, on Nevo’s eleventh birthday, I thought it might be fitting to celebrate on Sapienism, by writing a bit about his name – and trying...

Jan 24, 20187 min read

"Carol": Eyes Shut or Wide Open?

Haynes’s 2015 film Carol makes a case for love against all odds – but is that love blind? Movie reviews are as old as cinema itself – for...

Jan 17, 20184 min read

The Music of Choice

Is music our mirror? Sometimes, music is meaning-making – helping us discover what, and whom, we love, and who we are. “Nashe understood...

Dec 25, 201712 min read

The Cat Killed Curiosity?

In a war between the sexes, the main casualty is our humanity. “Cat Person” is a relatable short story, but it risks taking curiosity,...

Dec 15, 20173 min read

On Monsters and Humans

Salma Hayek’s NYT piece, Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too, is terrifyingly moving, and inspiring. It also made me wonder about the...