A weekly personal-essay newsletter on film, pop culture, food and the quirks of middle age. Each issue uses a current release or cultural moment, such as a new Jane Austen adaptation or a rewatch of Thelma & Louise, as a starting point for reflection and commentary.
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Unpopular Front is an independent newsletter of left-leaning essays on politics, history, and culture, including psychoanalytic and Marxist readings of media and commentary on current US political events. It also offers paid subscribers a regular roundup of reading, watching, and event recommendations.
Nelson George writes about Black music, film and culture, mixing interview-based profiles, remembrances and behind-the-scenes accounts of his own projects. Readers get first-person reporting and personal context from a veteran music and culture journalist and filmmaker.
A weekly Sunday newsletter of personal essays and cultural criticism on comics, film, music and the weird, with a strong literary voice. Readers get memoir-tinged writing on topics like Grant Morrison's Animal Man, War of the Worlds, hauntology and Ghost Box music.
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