
Psychoanalytically informed critique of culture and cinema. Rigorous non-academic writing about niche subcultures.
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In 1989, Kentaro Miura began serialization of the genre-defining dark fantasy epic: Berserk. It is among the most influential comic books of all time. Its significance comes, in part, from Miura’s own wide range of influences, such as Phant...
Would it be crazy to call me a Nathan Fielder scholar? I think it would be a little unfair. Self-congratulatory, even. It is highly unlikely I have produced the largest body of criticism. Six or seven essays on The Rehearsal (2022). One, I...
New writing, other than the newsletter, is out from me today.
This is an article I’ve mentioned that is out in the latest issue of Studies in Gender and Sexuality along with work from Derek Hook and Hortense Spillers.
Cure (1997) has fewe...
Movies are really good. This weekend, I was fortunate enough to be seated for The Human Condition (1959) at the Harvard Film Archive. It is a film that every bit deserves its acclaim. I was deeply moved. There is always something new to dis...
People would be shocked by the volume, measured in cumulative duration, of bad horror movies I’ve watched. I do this voluntarily. It’s not a new topic for the newsletter, either. The obscure, low-budget, poorly acted, whatever. Most of thes...
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I have a PhD in literature and have been writing a weekly newsletter since 2018. I write most often about film and television, video games, subcultural niches, cultural studies, and critical theory. Subscribe today: https://www.paradoxnewsletter.com/
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