Author: Chuck
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The Future: Beef
I finally watched Phantom of the Paradise, and it prompted me to re-evaluate my snobbery and how I think of movies
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One Thing I Kind of Like About Death of a Unicorn
Death of a Unicorn reminded me of the 1980s, in that it’s the kind of movie they hardly ever make anymore
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Literacy 2025: Book 11: Wylding Hall
Elizabeth Hand’s folk horror novel about the making of an early 1970s album in a remote, ancient manor house
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Literacy 2025: Book 10: Enter a Murderer
My second attempt at making sense of a Ngaio Marsh murder mystery
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Two Things I Love About Nosferatu
Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu strips away all the subtlety and subtext from vampire stories, and then adds a little back. Spoilers.
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One Thing I Like About Black Bag
Black Bag is a simultaneously 21st-century and old-fashioned spy movie that’s all about trust
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Literacy 2025: Book 9: The Midwich Cuckoos
John Wyndham’s classic (and often adapted) story of first contact in a quiet English village
