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From The Lair V and VI: spacecasting the evidence
Some reading and movie recommendations for the gang
Sep 18 • Tom Barrie
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Hey, where did all the torture porn go?
On The Cabin in the Woods and a specific, bloodthirsty moment in horror filmmaking
Sep 13 • Tom Barrie
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Please, bring back 1990s gatekeeping
Does everyone else idealise a specific decade, or just me?
Sep 3 • Tom Barrie
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From The Lair V: blood sacrifices and Cayce Pollard
Plus: a Taylor Swift takedown (or the closest we’ll ever get to one)
Aug 20 • Tom Barrie
5
Excalibur: the film that launched modern Irish movies
John Boorman’s madcap movie was responsible for the careers of several high-profile actors
Aug 13 • Tom Barrie
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From the Lair IV: Sydney Sweeney, Xiaohongshu and Gaza-as-Algeria
Plus: the screenwriter who wrote her fake illnesses into Grey’s Anatomy
Aug 6 • Tom Barrie
7
Sorry, Trump’s right about South Park
I can’t believe I’m admitting this
Aug 4 • Tom Barrie
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When did Lena Dunham lose her bite?
Girls was a messy masterpiece, so why is Dunham’s new Netflix show Too Much so drab?
Jul 25 • Tom Barrie
30
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From the Lair III: Tim Robinson and the cult anti-marriage novel
Plus, a requiem for an Uzbek Hitler lookalike
Jul 23 • Tom Barrie
7
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28 Years Later as Arthurian legend
On Jimmy Savile, Teletubbies and the Green Knight
Jul 11 • Tom Barrie
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Recommendations
That Final Scene
That Final Scene
Sophie
The Crush Bar
The Crush Bar
Fergus Morgan
Fandom Exile
Fandom Exile
Monia Ali
Jessie’s Substack
Jessie’s Substack
Jessie Atkinson

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