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Issue #443: Seijun Suzuki and Incomprehensible Filmmaking
Eventually my two issue series on The Odyssey (2026) had to come to an end. Now, as is the newsletter’s beat (big budget films) I must turn my attention to the next big thing: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026).
Kidding. I wrote about Seijun...
Issue #442: Adaptation Theory for the People Who Watch One Movie a Year
It’s pretty rare that I write about the same movie two weeks in a row. The cultural gravity The Odyssey (2026) exerts is impossible to escape. And it’s not so much the film itself that interests me as much as the critical response and how c...
Issue #441: Christopher Nolan is the Ramones of Filmmaking
Here are some questions that have been plaguing me lately:
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Just how much relatively unknown new jack swing is out there?
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Why do all the X-Men hate Xavier in Jed Mackay’s 2024 run (mentioned two issues ago)?
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What grip does the...
Issue #440: The Meaning of Competition in Video Game Speedrunning
The Summer Games Done Quick charity video game speedrunning marathon is over. I watched a lot of it. I wrote about it this week. In fact, it’s a very video game heavy edition this week. Any competition calls to mind for me the question of w...
Issue #439: Edward G. Robinson Is My Third Favorite Actor
OverClocked ReMix, ocremix.org, is one of the longest-running institutions of the nerd’s internet. Founded in 1999, I have a distinct recollection of downloading from it via a dial-up internet connection. Maybe I got thirteen songs or so in...
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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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