Handover

Handover: when the craft gets passed to the machine.

Popkulturist's Handover pieces, newest first. On the parts of culture and craft being handed over to machines and screens, and what quietly gets lost in the pass.

Screens

Pixar Built the Screen, Then Cast It as the Villain

The villain of 'Toy Story 5' is a tablet. The studio warning your kids off screens is the one that taught a generation to sit still and watch. A note on the studio that built screen-based childhood deciding screens are the enemy.

Ben Touati · 17 June 2026 · 3 min read

The 'Toy Story 5' payoff poster, Lilypad the tablet looming over the worried toys
Screens

What Scorsese's Name Is For

Martin Scorsese has become an adviser to the German AI firm Black Forest Labs, and the film unions are furious. A note on what a famous name actually buys.

Ben Touati · 12 June 2026 · 3 min read

A black-and-white portrait of Martin Scorsese, seated and looking at the camera