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Material Ghosts is home to longform film criticism that blends close analysis, rigorous research, and personal storytelling.
Sep 5, 2024
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From the Archive: Ode to a Small-Town Video Store
How a Widow With Bonkers Taste Built An Unlikely Film Haven in the Rural South
Dec 19, 2025
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'Die My Love' and the Burden of Interpretation
"Women, Speak Thyself," Says Richard Brody.
Nov 10, 2025
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Beyond POV: Sound and Paradox in Film
For July's FilmStack Challenge
Jul 1, 2025
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No Film Has Captured Southern Ambivalence Better Than Junebug
For its 20th anniversary, a labyrinthine look back at the film and at the rankling emotional wounds we suffer at the expense of things left unsaid.
May 21, 2025
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Want to Improve the Moviegoing Experience? Start by Losing the Recliners.
Plush auditoriums are great, but they shove smaller films to the margins
Apr 30, 2025
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Holding the American West to Its Promises
In 'On Swift Horses,' Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi seek to carve out spaces for themselves in an uneven, queer two-hander.
Apr 21, 2025
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A Dispatch from My Sick Bed
Notes from a Movie Marathon, Brought to You by COVID-19
Apr 2, 2025
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Personal essays and longform criticism on film and memory, identity and place, from a former Film Studies academic.
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