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Issue #443: Seijun Suzuki and Incomprehensible Filmmaking
Eventually my two issue series on The Odyssey (2026) had to come to an end.
Aug 4
4
July 2026
Issue #442: Adaptation Theory for the People Who Watch One Movie a Year
High-minded semi-public intellectuals collectively reveal they have not thought about adapting works across mediums for more than ten seconds.
Jul 28
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Issue #441: Christopher Nolan is the Ramones of Filmmaking
Do not fall prey to the siren song of industry plants compelling you to see The Odyssey in every large format available.
Jul 21
3
Issue #440: The Meaning of Competition in Video Game Speedrunning
Why do anything well?
Jul 14
7
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Issue #439: Edward G. Robinson Is My Third Favorite Actor
Paradox reviews an underrated John Ford classic.
Jul 7
4
1
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
5
Issue #437: Returning to the Work of Naoki Urasawa
Close reading Billy Bat and its vast international conspiracy.
Jun 23
5
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
9
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Issue #435: Looping the Critical Discourses (in the Backrooms)
Backrooms and the film controversies of today.
Jun 9
6
2
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
5
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
5
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
7
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