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When the World Ended: Films in the Atomic Age

A tour of Atomic Age cinema: alien paranoia, radiation mutations, civil-defense family myths, and how fear gets packaged into entertainment.

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Three to Know: Romy Hoffman

A movie. An album. A pop scene.

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2025 Discoveries: A First-Watch Highlight Reel

1970s Hollywood, Filmed Plays, Italian Musicarello, Made-for-TV, Silents, Exploitation, Soviet Sci-Fi, and more!

Dec 31, 2025 • Oren Shai

Pop Themes: "Georgy Girl"

The perfect theme song. Swinging 1960's London. The Seekers. The New Seekers. And The Shower Scene from Psycho.

Dec 19, 2025 • Oren Shai

Justice for “Better Man”: The Best Music Biopic Since “Coal Miner’s Daughter”

…and how I ended up crying alone in an empty Honolulu cinema

Dec 10, 2025 • Oren Shai

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Good Bad Taste: Notes on 'Notes on Camp'

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