Stephen is joined by the incomparable Pluriebus to talk about their history with writing, their approach to the film essay, and who and what shaped their critical thinking.

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Towards the end of the conversation, Pluriebus mentions a variety of their favourite reviews. You can find links to them here:

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick - Jane Austen and the Masturbating Girl - https://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/polisci/faculty/chwe/austen/sedgwick.pdf

Lindsay Ellis -

Death of the Hollywood Movie Musical https://youtu.be/b8o7LzGqc3E

Independence Day vs. War of the Worlds https://youtu.be/KioF1sTQFtE

George Weidman / Superbunnyhop - Media Literacy and Game News https://youtu.be/fYHrEp917MI

The Abridged Videogaming History of Big-Money Buyouts & Mergers https://youtu.be/_dqZoSLhwUY

Dara K. Marzipan - Sleeping Beauty https://boxd.it/3fe57

Maleficent https://boxd.it/3fFzt

Drew Edelstein - Phantom Thread https://boxd.it/112UYx

Nomadland https://boxd.it/1FYWWT

Sparky / ScreeningNotes - Portrait of a Lady on Fire https://boxd.it/Zry53

The Lure https://boxd.it/1rdJ9p

Theo / reibureibu Cure https://boxd.it/2vtvl3 Tokyo Fist https://boxd.it/1cSq9R

Calvin Kemph Inside Out: Learning to Feel Again https://thetwingeeks.com/2020/03/30/inside-out-learning-to-feel-again/

Don’t Look Up: It’s the End of the World as we Know it and the Movie Isn’t Fine https://thetwingeeks.com/2021/12/07/dont-look-up/

Zebra/Vaugh - Riki-Oh https://boxd.it/2XifKB

Kimi https://boxd.it/2A44IT

Ben - Drive My Car https://boxd.it/2BpeQz

Silence https://boxd.it/28Mnkd

Stephen Gillespie Incendies https://boxd.it/1WRwdd

Babe Pig in the City https://youtu.be/NuZOP5izbOs

Another Round https://boxd.it/1NJXSl