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Issue #397: How Do You Say 'Unconscious' in Japanese?
This week, we learn about Lacanian jargon in Japanese through a children's television show: Kamen Rider.
Sep 16
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Issue #396: Can We Get Much Higher? Spike Lee and Denzel Washington Say "Yes"
Highest 2 Lowest is certain to be one of my favorite movies this year.
Sep 9
6
Issue #395: Praising Box Office Flops, Hating on Critical Darlings
Read about everything notable I've watched this year that hasn't otherwise been represented in the newsletter.
Sep 2
6
August 2025
Issue #394: Refusing an Interpretation Is an Interpretation
Zine launch day, Music League launch day, and a big big reading list week.
Aug 26
6
Issue #393: Timothy Olyphant Dreams of Human Decomposition
Notes on the premiere of Alien: Earth and a brief word on Highest 2 Lowest.
Aug 18
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Issue #392: Zach Cregger, Brilliance in Our Time
Advanced Lacanian theory on serial killers who don't kill.
Aug 12
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Issue #391: The Staggering Genius of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cloud
The Paradox Newsletter review of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cloud.
Aug 5
10
July 2025
Issue #390: The Real Hip-Hop Is Over Here
Keying in on rap songs with full narrative arcs.
Jul 29
11
Issue #389: Are Cops Too Smart for Detective Fiction to Flourish?
There is a future world where the Paradox Newsletter publishes a unified theory of detective/crime/mystery fiction.
Jul 21
8
Issue #388: Our Would-Be AI Overlords Can't Tell Their Backside from Their Elbow
Paradox Newsletter on the AI tailspin beat, standing against the intellectual scourge of supposing AI knows.
Jul 14
7
Issue #387: Breaking News on Graveyard of Honor 2002's Wardrobe
The first, best, and most in-depth coverage of tracksuits in yakuza movies.
Jul 8
11
Issue #386: The Case for Tatsuya Nakadai as the GOAT
The ultimate samurai actor with unrivaled range had one thematic focus: bushido.
Jul 1
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