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tlowery.bsky.social
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Chilly Saturday afternoon, getting some writing done at The Wild Detectives #dallas #wilddetectives #literarydallas

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It's hard to start writing the second draft of a novel, but once you do, and you really see the thing start taking shape, it feels very exciting

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"There was something unwholesome and pathetic about the 1925 Phantom, who scuttled like a rat in the cellars of the Paris Opera and nourished a hopeless love for Christine. The modern Phantom is more like a perverse Batman with a really neat cave." Classic Ebert www.rogerebert.com/reviews/andr...

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"Several films released this year have featured performances by female protagonists whose silence is neither a mark of trauma nor a state of oppression to be overcome but a deliberate strategy, whether for the purposes of introspection, self-preservation or self-discovery." Outstanding piece!

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"Dune: Part 2 uncovers the ugly truths that inform how, why, and what happens when we worship heroes." Really enjoyed this piece by Chase Hutchinson on the darkness of Villeneuve's sci-fi epic www.ign.com/articles/dun...

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A year after reading it, still thinking about this outstanding essay on writing and having a day job by @rpmirabella.bsky.social As I've weathered a whirlwind of life changes, it's been very helpful magazine.catapult.co/dont-write-a...

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I found the staginess of His Three Daughters worked largely in its favor. Hope the performances from Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen, and Natasha Lyonne don't get lost in the awards season flurry. My review: open.substack.com/pub/onlookin...

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Love this. Alissa Wilkinson offers up a succinct breakdown of whether or not you should stay for a movie's closing credits. And it's 2024, so AI is now a part of the argument www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/m...

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Oh hey welcome new followers! We've put out monthly issues of our online magazine, based around a theme, since 2013—publishing 10-12 longform essays a month, plus two podcasts. We care a lot about words, and movies, and life. And we rely heavily on subscriptions to keep everything afloat!

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