As recent as two days ago, there was no need or necessity for me to return to Lights in the Dusk. I was happy enough updating my film log and posting my short comments to MUBI, while concentrating the rest of my spare time to trying (and largely failing) to write short fiction. However, continual interference from the MUBI management, as well as their on-going lack of respect for users, has forced me to seek other outlets. Since I don't like Letterboxd or IMDb (for both personal and aesthetic reasons) I'm looking back to the blog to provide the answer.
In the last six months, MUBI has removed the news feed, the discover section and now the ability to comment on other people's reviews (or blurbs, as some users refer to them - I call it "micro-criticism.") This has effectively destroyed the social aspect of the site, making it increasingly difficult to keep track of what other users are watching and discussing. Worse, many users (myself included) would use the comment section as an overspill for our reviews. As such, large parts of our reviews have been deleted from the site without warning.
Lights in the Dusk at MUBI:
I'll be posting these short notes (or "micro-criticism") over the coming months, and might even try to expand some of them into longer considerations - although the intention is mostly to create an archive of posts as part of the blog.
Also, please note that I've recently changed the design of the blog. Because I'd used custom text (as I copied all my old posts here from word documents) the color of the font on many posts is now too pale to read. I'm currently having to go through every post made between 2014 and 2021 to change the color of the font and reformat the posts, which will take a long time to complete. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
