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Arts And Culture

This Is A Damn Conrad Veidt Appreciation Blog

By Albert Burneko

January 3, 2024

173Comments

Defector At The Movies

Harold Lloyd Terrifying Babe Ruth With Bad Driving Is Now In The Public Domain

By Barry Petchesky

January 3, 2024

103Comments

Year In Review

The Best Things We Watched In 2023

By Defector Staff

December 24, 2023

285Comments

Arts And Culture

Six Things You Are Not Allowed To Say To Me About ‘Godzilla Minus One’

By Drew Magary

December 10, 2023

193Comments

Arts And Culture

Martin Scorsese’s Second Life As An Adman

By Adam Charles Hart

November 15, 2023

68Comments

Funbag

A Unified Theory Of The Death Of The Movie Star

By Drew Magary

September 19, 2023

736Comments

Capital

The Writers Are Striking For The Future Of Entertainment

By Katharine Trendacosta

May 26, 2023

198Comments

Arts And Culture

Movies Have A Reality Disease. ‘Sisu’ Is The Cure

By Drew Magary

May 25, 2023

180Comments

This Is So Stupid

A Fistful Of Eastwoos: Inside The Battle For Clint Twitter

By John Semley

April 20, 2023

195Comments

Arts And Culture

The Gunplay Of ‘John Wick’ Is A Bit Too Real For Comfort

By Nicholas Russell

March 29, 2023

281Comments

Defector At The Movies

Tom Sizemore’s Characters Made Movies Better

By Israel Daramola

March 7, 2023

137Comments

Podcasts

Mac McClung And The Soft Bigotry Of Low Expectations, With Israel Daramola

By David Roth

February 23, 2023

89Comments

Year In Review

The Best Things We Watched In 2022

By Defector Staff

December 27, 2022

325Comments

Defector At The Movies

Please Remove Me From This List

By Soraya Roberts

December 15, 2022

236Comments

Defector At The Movies

Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Or That Christina Applegate Is Now Older Than Her

By Soraya Roberts

December 9, 2022

137Comments

Defector At The Movies

Let’s Just Crown Justin Long The Toxic Horror King

By Soraya Roberts

October 20, 2022

72Comments

Defector At The Movies

At TIFF, Art Will Tear Us Apart—And Put Us Back Together Again

By Soraya Roberts

September 21, 2022

32Comments

Defector At The Movies

‘Saloum’ Is A Genre-Bending Romp That Is As Smart As It Is Thrilling

By Corey Atad

September 19, 2022

19Comments

Arts And Culture

The Money Is In All The Wrong Places

By Kelsey McKinney

August 10, 2022

427Comments

Defector At The Movies

In ‘Sharp Stick,’ Jon Bernthal Invents Kissing

By Soraya Roberts

August 5, 2022

55Comments

Rays Week

How To Be A Good Friend: Do Not Expose Your Pals To Cosmic Rays

By Justin Ellis

July 13, 2022

205Comments

Defector At The Movies

‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ Is The Worst Kind Of Indie Throwback

By Soraya Roberts

June 29, 2022

142Comments

Arts And Culture

“They’ve Got To Pee On It”: A VFX Supervisor Explains Why Their Job Is So Tricky

By Drew Magary

June 3, 2022

139Comments

Defector At The Movies

‘Men’ Is Bad

By Soraya Roberts

May 27, 2022

155Comments

Interviews

An Anonymous TV Writer Offers An Inside Look At Why Special Effects Seem So Bad Right Now

By Drew Magary

May 18, 2022

313Comments

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