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Cinema Year Zero

Slow criticism from the end of the world.

Read some of the most fun and creative film criticism about - they've just moved from a website format to Substack!

- Orla Smith

Black Film Archive by Maya S. Cade

By Maya Cade

Black Film Archive is a living register of Black films. In its current iteration, it showcases every* Black made film from 1915 to 1979 currently streaming. This newsletter serves as its blog.

Vittles

Vittles is an online magazine based in the UK and India, publishing new food and culture writing.

Cathy’s Week in Film

By Cathy Brennan

Films that I've seen that week

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you

Gem of Amara

By Grace

Grace's musings on pop culture and assorted topics.

A-Mail

By Anna Codrea-Rado

A newsletter about nothing and everything.

Talented Friends

Recommended by Orla Smith