Archive - Read Max

What I'm reading about Iran, a great new 'Heat'-like heist thriller, and more

Roundup 06/23/2025

Jun 23 •

Is Iran War discourse as stupid as Iraq War discourse?

PLUS: The future of sophisticated, hostile pricing

Jun 20 •

A creepy sci-fi horror series with a great conceptual hook, a strangely gripping movie about Nazi bureaucracy, and more

Roundup 06/16/2025

Jun 16 •

Who are the vampires in 'Sinners'?

Plus: Why everyone cares about the "optics" of Los Angeles protests

Jun 13 •

A fun, gripping fantasy epic for summer reading; an overlooked '00s European thriller; and more

Roundup 06/06/25

Jun 9 •

Admin is crashing out

PLUS: What are ChatGPT-generated book reviews for?

Jun 6 •

Two deeply upsetting photographs

Talking OpenAI, Palantir, and Anduril with Sam Biddle

Jun 4 •

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A spy novel about corporate secrets and China, a good new British mystery series, and some songs I dig

Roundup 06/02/2025

Jun 2 •

May 2025

A new microgenre

May 30 •

A great, pulpy, 'Game of Thrones'-but-real historical epic; a sweeping thriller of Nazi occupation; and more

Roundup 05/25/2025

May 25 •

The age of radical message-board utilitarian terrorism

PLUS: Is Elon Musk really wrong about Iain M. Banks and the Culture?

May 22 •

A bleak, newly relevant sci-fi classic about first contact; a haunting 2000s mystery-thriller; and more

Roundup 05/19/2025

May 19 •

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