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Cover-Up (2025)

Investigating the Persistent Violence of the American State.

Jan 11 • Skylar Singer

Nuremberg (2025)

and the Limitations of Conventional Cinema.

Nov 14, 2025 • Skylar Singer

My Meet-up with Him (2025)

96 ccs of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oct 1, 2025 • Skylar Singer and Consumerist Critics

Eddington (2025)

A spoiler-free capsule review.

Jul 26, 2025 • Skylar Singer

Superman (2025)

A spoiler-free review.

Jul 15, 2025 • Skylar Singer

Most Popular

Unsubscribing from the Fabric of Space and Time

Oct 27, 2024 • Skylar Singer

Superman (2025)

Jul 15, 2025 • Skylar Singer

Sound in Cinema

Jul 10, 2025 • Skylar Singer

Understanding Trump's Foreign Film Tariff

May 7, 2025 • Skylar Singer

Reviews

Cover-Up (2025)

Investigating the Persistent Violence of the American State.

Jan 11 • Skylar Singer

Nuremberg (2025)

and the Limitations of Conventional Cinema.

Nov 14, 2025 • Skylar Singer

My Meet-up with Him (2025)

96 ccs of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oct 1, 2025 • Skylar Singer and Consumerist Critics

Eddington (2025)

A spoiler-free capsule review.

Jul 26, 2025 • Skylar Singer

Essays

The Strange Pleasures of "Trojan Horse Genre Franchises"

and Final Destination's Six Dances With Death.

Jun 1, 2025 • Skylar Singer and Consumerist Critics

On "Livin' That Life"

Charli XCX & the "Von Dutch" Music Video

Oct 11, 2024 • Skylar Singer

The Foibles of Francis Ford Coppola’s Failed Fable and Philosophical Fiction (feat. Ayn Rand)

More Thoughts on Megalopolis

Oct 2, 2024 • Skylar Singer

Willy Wonka & Wonderland

Capitalism, Candy, and Scrumdiddlyumptious Nonsense.

Sep 16, 2024 • Skylar Singer

Planet of the Apes Retrospective

Planet of the Apes Retrospective - Part VII

Rise (2011), Dawn (2014), War (2017), and Kingdom (2024)

Jun 24, 2024 • Skylar Singer

Planet of the Apes Retrospective - Part VI

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Jun 17, 2024 • Skylar Singer

Planet of the Apes Retrospective - Part V

Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

Jun 9, 2024 • Skylar Singer

Planet of the Apes Retrospective - Part IV

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

Jun 2, 2024 • Skylar Singer

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