Archive - Paradox Newsletter

Issue #439: Edward G. Robinson Is My Third Favorite Actor

Paradox reviews an underrated John Ford classic.

Jul 7

June 2026

Issue #438: The Cape Fear TV Remake Is as Good as Cape Fear Has Ever Been

Max Cady is with you wherever you go.

Jun 30

Issue #437: Returning to the Work of Naoki Urasawa

Close reading Billy Bat and its vast international conspiracy.

Jun 23

Issue #436: Gilda Is One of the Best Movies of the 20th Century

One of the most Lacanian movies ever has not sustained enough Lacanian interpretation.

Jun 16

Issue #435: Looping the Critical Discourses (in the Backrooms)

Backrooms and the film controversies of today.

Jun 9

Issue #434: Curry Barker's Obsession is a Re-Staging of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo

Breaking news: Curry Barker's Obsession is similar to another movie.

Jun 2

May 2026

Issue #433: Yoshiyuki Tomino and Earl Lovelace Can't Live With 'Em and Can't Live Without 'Em

The unexpected inter-texts of Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway and The Dragon Can't Dance.

May 26

Issue #432: Kiyoshi Kurosawa vs. Spike Lee for the Paradox Newsletter Lifetime Achievement Award

Kiyoshi Kurosawa makes movies so I can write about them.

May 19

Issue #431: The Original 13 Assassins is an Indisputable Samurai Classic

One of the best samurai movies treats its subject with uncommon reverence.

May 12

Issue #430: Faith and Its Absence in the Contemporary Superhero Gods

Hannah Arendt, Daredevil, and The Boys this week.

May 5

April 2026

Issue #429: Music League is Here Again

This week's newsletter will send you out into the world of niche art.

Apr 28

Issue #428: Beginning Endings Strong in The Boys

The Boys is ending, and Paradox Newsletter is here to make it all make sense.

Apr 20

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