Archive - Paradox Newsletter

July 2025

Issue #390: The Real Hip-Hop Is Over Here

Keying in on rap songs with full narrative arcs.

Jul 29

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

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

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

Issue #386: The Case for Tatsuya Nakadai as the GOAT

The ultimate samurai actor with unrivaled range had one thematic focus: bushido.

Jul 1 •

June 2025

Issue #385: Orthodox Mysteries, Unorthodox Subjects

George Jackson meets film noir; Japanese 'orthodox' mystery novels use unconventional form to create texts for both solving and interpreting.

Jun 24 •

Issue #384: Anti-Social Women in Film Noir

Reviewing a weekend of film noir programming in 2,000 words or less.

Jun 17 •

Issue #383: Blowing Up the Spot in Vermont

Another vacation edition of Paradox Newsletter.

Jun 10 •

Issue #382: Turn Off The Radio

Newsletter playlist spotlight and some words on Fantasy Life i.

Jun 3 •

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