Movie Nights News
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Is the Monster in the Projection Booth?
A playful essay about imaginary cinema monsters and why audiences enjoy the sweet, safe tension of suspense.
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Video: Make a Paper-Moon Marquee
A fictional video-style tutorial for making a glowing paper-moon marquee to turn any room into a tiny home cinema.
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The Midnight Cinema Atlas
A fictional, evergreen guide to the hidden movie houses that appear after midnight in Afterworld’s dreamlike streets.
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Three Films for a Rainy Tuesday
A cozy, evergreen update featuring three fictional comfort films and simple suggestions for a soft-glow screening at home.
Movie Nights Videos
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A Conversation with Oscar-Nominated Director Jérémy Clapin (in French, with English Subtitles)
Seven years after the release of I Lost My Body (J’ai perdu mon corps, 2019), Afterworld Movie Nights sits down…
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DIGGER: A Schrödinger’s Cat Experience
Tom Cruise has a shovel, a mission to save humanity, and seemingly endless energy for screaming. Welcome to Digger (2026),…
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The Whale: Explained!
The essay contains spoilers for The Whale.What is Charlie really carrying in The Whale?Darren Aronofsky’s film makes Charlie’s body impossible…
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Verity (2026): Is It Really THAT Bad? | Spoiler-Free Review
Is Verity (2026) really as bad as the critics say? Or is there something more interesting hiding beneath the surface…
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Masterclass in Animation and Storytelling: I Lost My Body
What if a severed hand understood freedom better than the person it once belonged to?In this video essay, we dive…
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Banshees of Inisherin: 5 Details you probably missed
Six hidden details in The Banshees of Inisherin reveal how the film uses cinematography, visual storytelling, symbolism, and music to…
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What Critics Say About Primetime: Does the Bold Style Work?
This time, we’re switching things up with a more podcast-style episode. Join us as we watch the newly released trailer…
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enslaved happily ever after ?
What if Toy Story has been exploring one of the biggest questions in artificial intelligence since 1995?In this video essay,…
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What Toy Story Can Teach Us About AI Relationships
What Toy Story Can Teach Us About AI Relationships? What if Woody is actually the perfect AI? In this Toy…
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Spoiler Alerts are Spoilers
Can knowing the ending actually make a movie better?We’re terrified of spoilers. We hide endings behind warnings, censor character deaths,…
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Film-Essay on The Banshees of Inisherin.
What survives a friendship?In Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, one man suddenly tells his best friend that he simply…
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Obsession: Nikki and the Making of the Perfect Monster
What makes the perfect monster? In Curry Barker’s Obsession (2026), the scariest threat might not be supernatural at all. It…
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Is Inception Christopher Nolan’s True Odyssey?
Christopher Nolan may have been retelling The Odyssey throughout his career: Nolan on the name Ariadne: In this video essay,…