Archive - Paradox Newsletter

Issue #356: "desire is a metonymy, even if man scoffs at the idea"

This week, read about Collateral, Seven Samurai, and Slime Brian Steel Esquire.

Dec 3 •

November 2024

Issue #355: Samuel Fuller's Most Violent Film Is a Lacanian Gold Mine

In Underworld U.S.A., Samuel Fuller depicts Lacan's theory of the non-relation. Among other things.

Nov 26 •

Issue #354: Fights, Physical and Intellectual

This week, I write about Mike Tyson's legacy, Joji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo, and the misunderstanding of what ails literary studies.

Nov 19 •

Issue #353: A Fritz Lang Double Feature Changed My Life

Fritz Lang made two of the greatest movies of all time in Human Desire (1954) and The Big Heat (1953). Now, celebrating so-called "noirvember," I…

Nov 12 •

Issue #352: How's being clever working out for you?

I am not clever enough to remember that Woman of the Hour's title does not have a definite article in front of it.

Nov 5 •

October 2024

Issue #351: Where does Le Doulos rank among the most difficult film titles to translate into English?

The Gratitude Fanzine/Paradox Newsletter film screenings are becoming the stuff of legend.

Oct 29 •

Issue #350: A Non-Gambler's Guide to Las Vegas

Learn to master the casino, without exception.

Oct 22 •

Issue #349: Authors Keeping Secrets from Themselves

There is nothing more important than reading about Nakamaru Yosuke's historical battle manga: Tenkaichi.

Oct 14 •

Issue #348: The Best Gambling Movie and The Best Manga on Your Phone

You could spend your entire life reading manga from the apps I share in this edition of the newsletter. But, make sure to take a break and watch…

Oct 8 •

Issue #347: I Saw Megalopolis and All I Got Was This Stupid Newsletter

Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis is a great moviegoing experience, but it is worse than watching Le Samouraï while eating ice cream.

Oct 1 •

September 2024

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