Substacks recommended by Bill Arceneaux

Recommended by Bill Arceneaux

Posts dedicated to Movie-related topics (analysis pieces, reviews, lists, etc.); occasionally posts dedicated to music and retro video games

Simon of the Desert

By Simon Abrams

A Substack Dedicated to New and Maybe Worthwhile Writing on Pop Culture by Film Critic Simon Abrams.

Adrian Martin Recommends

By adrian

Films, books, events & links recommended by international critic Adrian Martin

The Industry

Keeping the Film Industry Informed!

Movies Are Therapy

By Kit Lazer

TV and Film news and reviews from Kit Lazer, a guy who built a cult following by being passionate about movies and bad jokes.

Aura is My Real Name

By Aura Lynne Bishop

I'm a writer, artist, performer and full-time pet-sitter. This is where you can subscribe to my personal blog & news, as well as follow special projects I'm working on such as Th3 Qu3u3 and The Small Complicated.

Worse For The Wear by Matt Pryor

A safe space to listen to my music, read my essays and catch up on all of my goings on.

Reflector

Audio journalism from the guys who helped create and produce shows like The Daily, The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling, Crimetown, and Rabbit Hole. We tell stories about the strange experience of being human.

Automatic Moving

Movies & more by James N. Kienitz Wilkins & collaborators

Right Now, You Like Me

By Janelle Miley

Only the most discerning film takes from a very beautiful cinephile.

The Borowitz Report

By Andy Borowitz

Home of Truth

Danny Baldwin Rambles

... about movies, mostly.

The articulate moviegoer, the great ticket giver, the best of the best.

- Bill Arceneaux

The Outside Scoop

By Scott Mendelson

Daily entertainment news punditry and box office analysis from one of the foremost experts in the theatrical distribution arena. Pop in, subscribe and learn about macro-sized Hollywood trends years before they become accepted conventional wisdom.

150 Word Reviews

By John DeVore

Thoughts on movies, culture, etcetera. Mercifully Short™ + longer essays.

CineVibez Fanzine

By Murray Mintz

Where every movie has a vibe

Kent’s Substack

By Kent Peterson

I usually type about one page a day here on an old manual typewriter.

Hope For Film

By Ted Hope

We need a vibrant alternative to mainstream culture, especially a non-dependent cinema ecosystem. Let's build it together & examine what got us here in the first place -- including how we can each build our own sustainable & generative creative practices.

All that is good about the culture of movies. Follow along with Ted :)

- Bill Arceneaux

Ergo, Clint Worthington

Movies, TV, writing, podcasts, anything an exhausted lil bi can muster.

Ryne Talks Ball and Other Things

By Ryne Hancock

sometimes sports, sometimes nola, sometimes politics

Sims City

By David Sims

I'm David Sims and I love movies

No More Popcorn

By Abby Olcese

Film reviews, writing updates and thoughts from a faith and film obsessive.

projecting

By Jourdain Searles

keep track of the short, loud girl with the glasses and her many endeavors

Good Eye: Movies and Baseball

By Noah Gittell

movies, baseball, and also baseball movies

Decoding Everything

By David Chen

A newsletter by David Chen about movies, TV, tech, the media, and being an online creator.

The Film Maven

By Kristen Lopez

A pop culture look at entertainment, journalism and disability

Madwomen & Muses

By Angelica Jade Bastién

This is a newsletter about culture, cinema history, anime, and surviving with mental illness from the perspective of a black Southern gentlewoman. For the yearners, the lovers, and the mad.

Between Art and Life

By Ethan Warren

“The cinema is not an art which films life: the cinema is something between art and life...the cinema both gives to life and takes from it.” - Jean-Luc Godard

Erin In The Morning

By Erin Reed

News and discussion on trans legislation and life.

Out All Day: New Orleans

By Out All Day NOLA

Things To Do in New Orleans

Belle Point Press on Substack

By Casie Dodd

A literary small press on the OK-AR border: Stick around and read

franknews

An interview newsletter. We publish weekly, in-depth conversations with smart people on a range of topics. On Fridays, we send you a round-up of things we read, trends we notice, and other assorted thoughts.

Commentary Track

By Matt Goldberg

A pretty good newsletter about movies, TV, and media.

Joe’s Video Club

By Joe C.

Aggressively middlebrow capsule reviews of movies, new and old.

CenLamar

By Lamar White

Southern muckraker and acclaimed investigative journalist Lamar White, Jr. explores his native Louisiana—past and present, real and imaginary—and its outsized power and influence in shaping American society and culture.

In Nollywood

By Daniel Okechukwu

Taking you inside Nollywood

Sitting in Silence

On writing, craft, worry & joy.

The voice of the writing community. Always a source of positive reinforcement and encouragement.

- Bill Arceneaux

JB Minton

Weekly critical writing on films, shows, books, music, and inciteful, insightful cultural analysis. I also publish art here for free and paid subscribers.

TypeTown

By Neil Barraclough

Celebrating the typewriter’s place in history and modern culture.

The Hot Button

By David Poland

An inside perspective on the Film/TV/Streaming Industry from a 30-year veteran seeker of truth.

The Reveal

By Scott Tobias

Deeper into movies (and a little TV). Essays, reviews, conversation. Past and present. From the editors of The Dissolve.

Read Max

By Max Read

Explaining the weird new future, one newsletter at a time. Subscribe for a twice weekly delivery of internet culture, mega-platform grotesquerie, crypto conspiracies, deep forum lore, fringe politics, and other artifacts of what's to come.

The Teenage Bottlerocket of Substack. Probably not written by an actual teen, but has the spirit of that band. Skate or Die with Max!

- Bill Arceneaux

The Last '80s Newsletter (You'll Ever Need)

By Drew McWeeny

Every '80s movie released in America. Every single one.

Robert Reich

Daily newsletter exposing where power lies — and how it's used and abused

Michael Moore

I was born in Flint, Michigan and raised on a dirt street by loving parents, two sisters and a lot of Green Giant in a can.

GOOD FOLK

By Spencer George

A newsletter and podcast about artistry and culture in rural America and the American South.

The Hartmann Report

By Thom Hartmann

A Daily Newsletter of Renaissance Thinking about Progressive Politics, Economics, Science, and the Political News Issues of Our Day

Assertive and unafraid. Thom rocks against the left grain when needed, and pushes for the progressive picture in every post.

- Bill Arceneaux

ReportNOLA

By Jennsen Bentley

Hyperlocal quality-of-life news for New Orleans.

Some of the best and most caring independent news reporting in the New Orleans area, from a great writer & editor.

- Bill Arceneaux

Heavy Crown Press

By Ashley Rovira

Welcome to the newsletter of Ashley Rovira, MLIS. I write about books, theatre, film, philosophy, spirituality...in short, anything that gets me thinking, feeling, curious, and expanding consciousness. Heavy is the crown (head) of every human!

Between Rock and a Hard Place

By Greg Mitchell has new 'Between Rock and a Hard Place'

Award-winning author and film director ranges widely: from politics and media to music and movies.

Up All Night NOLA

A weekly guide to New Orleans' nightlife - parties, burlesque, drag, cabaret, variety and more! www.upallnightnola.com