Decoding Everything
David ChenA newsletter by David Chen about movies, TV, tech, the media, and being an online creator.
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Decoding Everything Is Leaving Substack
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TL;DR - Decoding Everything has moved off Substack and is now on Ghost, a non-profit open source publishing platform. Everything else about the newsletter is staying pretty much the same. If you’re a subs...
In 'Him,' American Football Is a Really Big Deal, Apparently
What is the price of greatness?
This is the question being asked by Justin Tipping’s film Him. In Him, Cameron Cade (Tyriq Withers) is an up-and-coming football player who’s invited to train for a week with Isaiah White (Marlon Wayans), th...
TIFF 2025 Dispatch #2: Rian Johnson and Steven Soderbergh Pull Off Resurrections; Frankenstein Should Have Stayed Buried
A final look at the Toronto skyline before heading to the airport. Photo credit: Stephen David Miller
The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is officially complete, and with it my transition back to reality. Re-entry i...
TIFF 2025 Dispatch #1: Dwayne Johnson Gets Serious, Chris Evans Gets Silly, Russell Crowe Splits the Difference, and a Tale of Two Hamlets
The cast and crew introducing ‘The Smashing Machine’ at its TIFF premiere. Photo credit: Stephen David Miller.
Hello again, Decoding Everything readers! I’m writing to you from an AirBnB in Canada, where I’ve just finished my fourth day (a...
I'm Sad That The World That Inspired Me To Get Into This Game Is Now Gone
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Criticism is dying.
When I say that, I don’t mean that there’s a dearth of people or places to read/watch people thoughtfully critiquing art. Rather, I’m talking about the old, legacy world of instituti...
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I've been reviewing film/TV online for 15 yrs. My newsletter is Decoding Everything, where I write about pop culture, tech, & the media. I host and produce the following shows: Decoding TV, A Cast of Kings, The Filmcast, and The Tobolowsky Files.
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