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From The Lair V and VI: spacecasting the evidence
Some reading and movie recommendations for the gang
Sep 18
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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
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Tom Barrie
16
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Please, bring back 1990s gatekeeping
Does everyone else idealise a specific decade, or just me?
Sep 3
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Tom Barrie
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August 2025
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
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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
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Tom Barrie
15
4
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
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Tom Barrie
7
Sorry, Trump’s right about South Park
I can’t believe I’m admitting this
Aug 4
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Tom Barrie
24
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July 2025
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
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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
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Tom Barrie
7
1
28 Years Later as Arthurian legend
On Jimmy Savile, Teletubbies and the Green Knight
Jul 11
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Tom Barrie
13
1
From the Lair II: Substack grudges and weeping tech nomads
Plus, the unravelling of Raynor Winn
Jul 9
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Tom Barrie
4
Every ‘American’ movie, ranked
Happy Fourth of July, Yanks
Jul 4
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Tom Barrie
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