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"Halt and Catch Fire": A hidden gem
In this edition of Marginalia, the best series you've probably never heard of.
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Matthew Morgan
Reading Fast, Writing Slow
On keeping a notebook, copying out passages from your reading, and why it's worth remembering certain things.
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Matthew Morgan
"The Vegan": The Logic of the Stomach
In this edition of Marginalia, Andrew Lipstein's novel about language and its failures, machine learning and markets, and how to be good.
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Matthew Morgan
The Double Take: Re-watching "The 13th Warrior"
In the second edition of the series, I re-watch John McTiernan's 1999 movie, "The 13th Warrior", and wonder if it's time to put away childish things.
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Matthew Morgan
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August 2023
"Contact": Outer Space & Inner Space
In this edition of Marginalia, a film in which life from the stars tells us something about life on Earth.
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Matthew Morgan
The Mind-Wandering of Oppenheimer
Why we should be promiscuous in our love of ideas.
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Matthew Morgan
The Simple Life: Remembering what matters
On the sacredness of simplicity, why we forget what we value (or ought to value), and how to remind ourselves what matters.
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Matthew Morgan
"Hello, Bookstore": A Reader in Realm of Cinema
In this edition of Marginalia, a subtle and tender documentary about books and the people who love them.
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Matthew Morgan
July 2023
From the Archive: "Moonrise Kingdom" & How To Grow Up
What Wes Anderson's film about childhood tells us about being a grown-up – as opposed to simply being an adult.
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Matthew Morgan
"Asteroid City": A Road to Nowhere
In this edition of Marginalia, postmodernism as a cultural cul-de-sac, and whether Wes Anderson can find a way out of it.
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Matthew Morgan
Why Music Singles Matter
On what music singles have meant in the past, mean now, and might mean in the future.
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Matthew Morgan
"The Northman": "Are you not entertained?"
In this edition of Marginalia, a critical look at a film that’s not quite an action epic nor a thoughtful meditation on myth, though it clearly hopes to…
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Matthew Morgan
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