The Reveal
Scott TobiasDeeper into movies (and a little TV). Essays, reviews, conversation. Past and present. From the editors of The Dissolve.
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The Reveal has relocated.
As of June 23rd, 2025, The Reveal has stopped publishing on Substack. We are now published on Ghost. You can read about our reasons at our new site, TheReveal.film.
A Note to Our Readers: The Reveal is moving.
Dear Revealers,
After much deliberation, we have decided to move the newsletter from Substack to Ghost. You will no doubt have some questions about the change, so let’s answer a few of them:
Oh no! Ghost sounds scary! What happens to my s...
Open Question: Have you used the movies as a travel agent?
Sometimes escapism can give you a real place to escape.
We often use the word “escapism” to describe the experience of going to the movies, so naturally part of that experience to imagine inhabiting those worlds yourself. And when one of t...
In Review: '28 Years Later,' 'Elio'
28 Years Later
Dir. Danny Boyle
115 min.
For director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland to reunite for a sequel to their post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Days Later after a 23-year gap suggests one of those dreary legacy tours w...
An Interview with Gheorghe Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute and Film Soundtrack Hero
"This is the way," laughed the great god Pan
(Laughed while he sat by the river),
"The only way, since gods began
To make sweet music, they could succeed."
Then, dropping his mouth to a hole in the reed,
He blew in power by the ri...
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Freelance film/TV writer. Formerly: Editor of The Dissolve and film editor of The A.V. Club. Podcast co-host: The Next Picture Show.
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