The Stain
Film, culture, enthusiasm, late reviews, cold takes, whatever, whenever.
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2025’s Most Moving Movie Moments
Note: I put the wrong year in my original post because I’m a big idiot. Fixed now.
I’m late— I know, I know!
Maybe my former articles make this hard to believe, but I find it really hard to rank things. Especially movies. Especiall...
A Blank Space
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Last December I saw her. Obscured in lights, tiny, just from the back— but I saw her. Choreographed tightly in a routine I already knew prett...
Writing a Book is Evil, and You Shouldn’t Do It
(Let’s try to not be self-deprecating for a second before the essay starts. Okay? Cool.)
In late October last year I started writing a novel. (This is why I haven’t posted about movies here in a good while. Soon I’ll pick it up again!) Yes...
The Brutalized
About halfway through the second act of Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, the architect László Toth and his controlling patron, Harrison Lee Van Buren, travel to Italy to purchase marble for their joint undertaking, a community centre...
Which Scorsese Protagonist Would Be The Best Boyfriend? A Study
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Over the past few months I have been occupied with the important task of watching every Martin Scorsese movie in release order. For...
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