May 27, 2025
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24 min read
A Q&A with 'Andor' writer Tom Bissell on narrative structure, quick deaths, and getting T-boned by Star Wars history.
May 6, 2025
15 min read
This musician not only changed my life—she defined it.
May 5, 2025
9 min read
Fascist autocracies are bad enough, and the worst have no ambition but eternal control.
Apr 14, 2025
Tales of the ultra-powerful may have run their course, leaving us to confront the challenge of surviving a multiverse we cannot transcend.
Mar 27, 2025
10 min read
This Japanese movie from 2001 virtually vanished after its release, but now, finally, it's connecting with a brand-new audience.
Mar 24, 2025
Unless you're a dork like me, you're probably not watching it.
Feb 7, 2025
7 min read
On falling in love with a tossed-off phrase, and what that says about writing—my own and everyone else's.
Jan 23, 2025
8 min read
What does it mean when we consume culture—movies, TV, books—out of sequence?
Jan 14, 2025
I'm addicted to finales—in life as well as art.
Nov 25, 2024
20 min read
Who was the human being behind the legend?
Nov 21, 2024
Surprise! I've got a better approach, just for you.
Nov 17, 2024
It touches on a very specific but meaningful vein of technological nostalgia.
