Archive - Read Max

What if Louis XVI was a wizard?

A charming post-revolutionary wizard fantasy, some Gene Hackman faves, and songs I love: Roundup 03/02/25

Mar 2 •

February 2025

A tribute to Gene Hackman in 'Enemy of the State'

The greatest performance in the greatest '90s blockbuster

Feb 28 •

The Silicon Valley canon and malformed publics

A podcast with Henry Farrell

Feb 27 •

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If Joan Didion wrote 'Little Drummer Girl'?

An elegiac spy novel, a gnarly one-take action movie, and four tracks I'm listening to.

Feb 23 •

Exclusive: Amazon's new James Bond script

Plus, how should Democrats think about crypto?

Feb 21 •

"It looks like the fork has pierced the sky"

Three picture books my son loves, an underseen Le Carré adaptation, and four tracks I love

Feb 17

Soy Right ascendant

The return of Gamergate

Feb 12 •

Fly-fishing in a business suit

A haunting international noir, a cool and gorgeously staged '90s thriller, and a beautiful new album of eurodance-pop revival

Feb 9 •

FYPcore and the Benson Boone-iverse

Is there such a thing as "music for Instagram Reels"?

Feb 5 •

The femcel crypto-degen catalog model and the serial killer

What I'm reading about DeepSeek; a great, unsettling dark-web horror movie; and a Radiohead-esque chamber-rock album

Feb 3 •

January 2025

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