Archive - Everything Is Horrible

The 10 Best Films of 2025

According to me, anyway.

13 hrs ago • Noah Berlatsky

Best Books of 2025

Short reviews of throwback entertainment tech.

Jan 1 • Noah Berlatsky

December 2025

Weapons Is An Exercise in Scapegoating

It's formally impressive, but...kind of evil.

Dec 31, 2025 • Noah Berlatsky

Kpop Demon Hunter Doesn’t Believe Its Own Message

A conventionally “unconventional” movie.

Dec 29, 2025 • Noah Berlatsky

Wake Up, Dead Man Raises Up The Church

And I wish it hadn’t.

Dec 28, 2025 • Noah Berlatsky

This Week's Writing 12/27/26

baskets full of kitties

Dec 27, 2025 • Noah Berlatsky

Jennifer Lawrence’s Oscar-bait drama is terrible.

Dec 26, 2025 • Noah Berlatsky

Bugonia Is A Hive of Heartfelt Misanthropy

Praying that the Andromedans will save the bees.

Dec 24, 2025 • Noah Berlatsky

Yglesias and Fear of a Black Intellectual

Liberal centrist inadvertently demonstrates the truth of critical race theory

Dec 23, 2025 • Noah Berlatsky

Emily Dickinson and White Entitlement

A racist poem that’s unfortunately still relevant

Dec 21, 2025 • Noah Berlatsky

This Week's Writing 12/20/26

Weary like the kitty.

Dec 20, 2025 • Noah Berlatsky

Materialists Puts the Class Back in Romance

And the longing in value optimization

Dec 18, 2025 • Noah Berlatsky

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