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Retcon Artist

June 18, 20221

One summer when I was eight, my parents took my sister and I on a canoe trip. The river was…

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WandaVision: Grief on the Small Screen (RWT Podcast S8E5 + Bonus Episode!)

March 18, 20220

Don’t worry. Nothing is wrong here. We’re not stuck inside a hex, kept prisoner by a chaos witch who literally…

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The Unavoidable Allure of Alternate Universes: Right Place, Right Time

August 28, 20210

Alternate universe stories give us a chance to see what the characters in the narratives we love are really made…

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The Unavoidable Allure of Alternate Universes: Women in the Room

August 19, 20210

There’s a real seduction to multiverse stories. Seeing how all the same pieces rearrange themselves into a recognizable but different…

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The MCU is Trying to Kill Reel World Theology

July 19, 20211

Marvel is trying to put Reel World Theology out of a job with phase four of their cinematic universe. In…

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10 Things That Make Perfect Sense About The Captain America Trilogy If You Actually Watch It

February 4, 20210

In three movies over nearly seven hours, Captain America is showcased at length, and if you actually watch the movies…

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Re:View| Flash Gordon: 40th Anniversary

January 29, 20200

“Pathetic earthlings. Hurling your bodies out into the void, without the slightest inkling of who or what is out here.…

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Editorial: Martin Scorsese and the Marvel-Go-Round

October 30, 20190

Around the middle of the decade, Harper’s critic Charles E. Whittaker gave a scathing film review. Art is supposed to…

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