Issue #426: The Politics of Marvel Television's Daredevil (and a Raffle for Straight Ahead Tickets)

Would You Like to See Straight Ahead in New York City? Paradox Newsletter is raffling tickets.

Apr 7

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March 2026

Issue #425: Cinema is Nothing Without Masahiro Shinoda

OpenAI’s video generation tool, Sora, is dead.

Mar 31

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Issue #424: Boston Underground Film Festival Premieres the Greatest Action Film of the Last Decade

Kenji Tanigaki's The Furious is a stunning piece of art.

Mar 24

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Issue #423: Coolest Live Music Ever Recorded Within

If you are reading this newsletter, you might benefit from using Zotero.

Mar 17

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Issue #422: Artists, Stick to Your Guns. Gamers, Play the Hand You're Dealt.

If you haven’t seen the first episode of Mad Men, I recommend it.

Mar 10

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Issue #421: Social Justice Convictions Fall Short When Tourette's Is Involved

Taking on the latest award show controversy.

Mar 3

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February 2026

Issue #420: ChatGPT 4o Judges Chris Pratt's Murder Trial

Can a Text Prediction Model Learn to Love? No, it cannot. LLMs by way of Mercy (2026) this week.

Feb 24

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Issue #419: Paradox Newsletter Has T-Shirts for the Special People

After promising them nineteen issues ago, new Paradox Newsletter shirts are in hand.

Feb 17

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Issue #418: If I Had a Newsletter I'd Compare Schlock and Art Films

Mary Bronstein's film is one of the best of last year.

Feb 10

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Issue #417: Keisuke Itagaki's Lesson on Passion

Baki vs. House Party in a battle for the most formative for Paradox Newsletter. Also, a tribute to Kai Budde, Magic's greatest player.

Feb 3

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January 2026

Issue #416: Ice Storm Group Psychology

Paradox Newsletter does political theory with Freud, Gramsci, and Stuart Hall.

Jan 27

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Issue #415: No Other Choice is the Marxist Fable We've Been Waiting For

Everything you wanted to know about Marx but were too afraid to ask Park Chan-wook.

Jan 20

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