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Defector At The Movies

Arts And Culture

Martin Mull Was A Good Painter And A Great Documentary Subject

Arts And Culture

Aaron Sorkin Wants To Pretend The Good Guys Won

Arts And Culture

‘Digger’ Is Smug, Cynical, And Perfectly Timed

Arts And Culture

‘Barbara Forever’ Won’t Let You Forget

Arts And Culture

Good Art Is Worth Waiting For

This Is So Stupid

It’s Normal To Have Watched ‘The Batman’ Roughly Eight Times

The Great Outdoors

Another Mountaineering Documentary That Asks: What Is Wrong With These People?

Book Excerpts That Don't Suck

A Search For Movie History In Upstate New York

October 1, 2026
Defector At The Movies

Accept The Expanding Ball Of Infected Corpses You Cannot Change

September 30, 2026
Arts And Culture

Finally, A Shitty Movie Where Muslims Are The Bad Guys

September 29, 2026
Defector At The Movies

Two Indie Action Films, One Clear Winner

September 22, 2026
Arts And Culture

How An Unsubtle 9/11 Tribute Was Added To Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’

September 11, 2026
Defector At The Movies

‘It Ends’ Is The Gen Z Horror Movie Of The Year

September 3, 2026
Reds Week

The Cozy-Looking Sweaters In ‘Reds,’ Ranked

August 28, 2026
Reds Week

Let’s Remember When Tim Curry Played A Huge Scary Red Guy

August 27, 2026
Arts And Culture

James Gandolfini Had A Lot In His Bag

August 13, 2026
Arts And Culture

‘I Want Your Sex’ Is A Raunchy Plea For Young People To Have More Fun

July 30, 2026
Arts And Culture

For Better Or Worse, ‘The Odyssey’ Is Peak Christopher Nolan

Defector At The Movies

What’s The Worst Movie You’ve Ever Watched In A Theater?

Arts And Culture

‘Citizen Vigilante’ Is The Latest Product Of The Culture Of Petulance

Tennis

‘The Final Set’ Tells The Story Of Tennis’ Greatest Rivalry Becoming A Friendship

July 3, 2026
Defector At The Movies

‘The Sheep Detectives’ Made Me Baaaawl My Eyes Out

Arts And Culture

‘Michael’ Is The Most Cynical Attempt At Biopic Myth-Making Yet

Arts And Culture

Dam It All To Hell

March 20, 2026
This Is So Stupid

A Series Of Facts About ‘Goat,’ The Steph Curry Goat Movie

March 17, 2026
Arts And Culture

Brooches Won The Oscars

March 16, 2026
Arts And Culture

Paul Thomas Anderson Finally Gets His Coronation

Arts And Culture

Emerald Fennell Now Going Moor-To-Moor Trying To Shock People

February 19, 2026
Arts And Culture

We Live In The Bone Temple Now

January 23, 2026
Arts And Culture

‘Marty Supreme’ Bears Us Into The New World

December 30, 2025
Arts And Culture

Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: ‘Merv’

Arts And Culture

Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: ‘She’s Making A List’

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