The Normal Newsletter
Matt ErspamerMy name is Matt Erspamer, and I'm normal. I'm a writer, stinker, and movie lover who lives in Seattle.
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'The Devil Wears Prada 2' review: That's all?
I consider The Devil Wears Prada a touchstone of my teenage years. It’s endlessly quotable, yes, but I also took in the outfit montages. Women walking around New York streets and magazine offices, searching for opportunity and an onion bage...
Movies to Stream: Laws of the land
Hello Newsies, longtime followers of this Substack may recognize this post’s title format. During the first year of Normal Newsletter, I did a weekly post with curated streaming recommendations built around a specific theme, genre, or Lana...
My Oscar predictions
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As a gay millennial, I often joke1 that the most important Academy Award in any given year is...
What I've been watching: February 2026
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In years past, I have used February as a chance to catch up on a few Oscar hopefuls that I mis...
What is Warren Beatty hiding in his big-ass fur coat?
How strange it must have been to be on the set of McCabe & Mrs. Miller: Adrift in the wilds of British Columbia, dodging the Vietnam War draft, watching Robert Altman play in the mud and snow with Warren Beatty.
Altman’s 1971 “anti-Wester...
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