Anthology/Matt

The Film Criticism, Academic Papers and Semi-Truth Stories of Writer Matt Shadbolt

Singular or Plural: The Greekness Forged in Faith

Academic Papers

The Archive Whisperer: Part One

Semi-Truths & Stories | In the Heart of Manhattan, a Secret Society Holds The Keys to the World

Film & Television Criticism

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Plan 75’s Choices: Where Life Happens For You, Not To You

Plan 75’s Choices: Where Life Happens For You, Not To You

Grasp The Nettle! The Wondrous Balderdash of Baron Munchausen

Grasp The Nettle! The Wondrous Balderdash of Baron Munchausen

We Argue About It Still: The Virgin Suicides’ Still Point Of The Turning World

We Argue About It Still: The Virgin Suicides’ Still Point Of The Turning World

I Want 'Em Conscious And Talkative: The Long Good Friday

I Want 'Em Conscious And Talkative: The Long Good Friday

The Rain’s Misery & Majesty: The Fallen Priest of Godland

The Rain’s Misery & Majesty: The Fallen Priest of Godland

A Strangled Truth: Fear & Desire in Hitchcock’s Rope

A Strangled Truth: Fear & Desire in Hitchcock’s Rope

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: It Is The Cause, Not The Death, That Makes The Martyr

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: It Is The Cause, Not The Death, That Makes The Martyr

More War Than Peace

More War Than Peace

The Greatest Movie Never Made

The Greatest Movie Never Made

My Heart’s Memory Turns To You: Derek Jarman’s Blue

My Heart’s Memory Turns To You: Derek Jarman’s Blue

You Only Pretend To Care: Ken Loach’s Cathy Come Home

You Only Pretend To Care: Ken Loach’s Cathy Come Home

Managing Alone: The Salvation Of Kes

Managing Alone: The Salvation Of Kes

The Conscious Cruelty of I, Daniel Blake

The Conscious Cruelty of I, Daniel Blake

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The Missing Pieces of Lynch's Pink Room

The Missing Pieces of Lynch's Pink Room

Withnail & Us

High Fidelity

The Up Series

The Opening Of Once Upon A Time In The West

The Opening Of Once Upon A Time In The West

Nobody Has A Future: Mike Leigh’s Naked

Nobody Has A Future: Mike Leigh’s Naked

For God's Sake Come Back: The Legacy Of Zulu Dawn

For God's Sake Come Back: The Legacy Of Zulu Dawn

In A Musical Nothing Dreadful Ever Happens

In A Musical Nothing Dreadful Ever Happens

The Present Is Well Out Of Hand

The Present Is Well Out Of Hand

Seeing and Saw

The New Year's Day Twilight Zone Marathon

The New Year's Day Twilight Zone Marathon

When You Know You’ve Made All The Right Choices

When You Know You’ve Made All The Right Choices

Zbigniew Rybczyński's Orchestra

Zbigniew Rybczyński's Orchestra

Ample Make This Bed: Consequentialism and Sophie’s Choice

Ample Make This Bed: Consequentialism and Sophie’s Choice

My One & Only Love: Leaving Las Vegas

My One & Only Love: Leaving Las Vegas

Fitzcarraldo’s Burden

Fitzcarraldo’s Burden

On A Clear Day You Can See The Class Struggle From Here: Career Girls

On A Clear Day You Can See The Class Struggle From Here: Career Girls

In Praise of EastEnders

In Praise of EastEnders

It Was In The Silence That I Heard Your Voice

It Was In The Silence That I Heard Your Voice

It Was Easier When I Just Imagined You

It Was Easier When I Just Imagined You

Only Murders In The Building

Only Murders In The Building

Day In, Day Out: Anton Corbijn's Control

Day In, Day Out: Anton Corbijn's Control

I Have No Conscience, Only Nerves

I Have No Conscience, Only Nerves

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

The Satisfaction of Barry Lyndon

The Satisfaction of Barry Lyndon

We Screwed Every Night. The Forecast Was For Storms.

We Screwed Every Night. The Forecast Was For Storms.

Beanpole’s Frozen Trauma

Beanpole’s Frozen Trauma

Detective Blanc's Donut Theory

Detective Blanc's Donut Theory

My Last Film

Nomadland

For God’s Sake Come Back

Film Criticism | The Legacy of Zulu Dawn

Academic Papers

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The Role of Religion in Greek and Roman cities

The Role of Religion in Greek and Roman cities

The Integration of Economic Activities in the City of Delos

The Integration of Economic Activities in the City of Delos

Singular or Plural: The Greekness Forged in Faith

Singular or Plural: The Greekness Forged in Faith

The Price of Immortality: Rhetoric and Reality in Pericles’ Funeral Oration

The Price of Immortality: Rhetoric and Reality in Pericles’ Funeral Oration

The Violence of Hope

The Violence of Hope

Positive Obsession

Positive Obsession

An Open Letter To Grieftech Investors

An Open Letter To Grieftech Investors

Auspicious Advertising: The Russian Thirst For Reincarnation

Auspicious Advertising: The Russian Thirst For Reincarnation

What Is Culture?

What Is Culture?

Embracing The Soil Which Grows The Best Version of Me

Embracing The Soil Which Grows The Best Version of Me

Hubris & Parable At Isandlwana

Hubris & Parable At Isandlwana

Enough with the Remakes & Reboots

Enough with the Remakes & Reboots

Serendipitous Discovery

Serendipitous Discovery

Participatory Futures

Participatory Futures

Positive Systemic Data Day Obsession

Positive Systemic Data Day Obsession

The Bubonic Plague In Fourteenth Century East Asia

The Bubonic Plague In Fourteenth Century East Asia

When Physical Distance Gives Us Moral Distance

When Physical Distance Gives Us Moral Distance

The Violent Efficacy Of The Whip

The Violent Efficacy Of The Whip

Servile Labor & Institutions Of Debt

Servile Labor & Institutions Of Debt

Undoing Global Convergence: Brexit & The Weaponized Past

Undoing Global Convergence: Brexit & The Weaponized Past

What Will Brexiteers Yearn For Now They Have Won?

What Will Brexiteers Yearn For Now They Have Won?

How Misinformation Still Spreads Through Non-Engagement

How Misinformation Still Spreads Through Non-Engagement

When The Losers Fight Back: Inequality In Todd Phillips’ Joker

When The Losers Fight Back: Inequality In Todd Phillips’ Joker

Restoration, Rehabilitation & Remembrance In Russia’s Ongoing Patriotic War

Restoration, Rehabilitation & Remembrance In Russia’s Ongoing Patriotic War

Drawing The Divine Closer: Shinto & Animism

Drawing The Divine Closer: Shinto & Animism

The Elemental Aspects Of Fandom & Religion

The Elemental Aspects Of Fandom & Religion

Buddhism’s Durable Refuge

Buddhism’s Durable Refuge

The Unifying Vedic Seeds of Suffering

The Unifying Vedic Seeds of Suffering

The Bridging Paths of Faith

The Bridging Paths of Faith

Oral Histories & Oracle Bones

Oral Histories & Oracle Bones

I Have No Conscience, Only Nerves

Film Criticism | Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker (1979)

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Aidea: The Fragility of Human Dependence: Speculating Beyond “Time Enough at Last”

Aidea: The Fragility of Human Dependence: Speculating Beyond “Time Enough at Last”

Aidea: Wannabes and Androids: Decoding Radiohead’s Elegy for the Spice Girls

Aidea: Wannabes and Androids: Decoding Radiohead’s Elegy for the Spice Girls

Aidea: The Soap Multiverse: EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, and Brookside as a Shared Universe

Aidea: The Soap Multiverse: EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, and Brookside as a Shared Universe

Aidea: A Galaxy Without Hope: What If Luke Skywalker Fell at Yavin?

Aidea: A Galaxy Without Hope: What If Luke Skywalker Fell at Yavin?

The Pirates Of Hart Island

The Pirates Of Hart Island

Osteoneurosis

The Death Of Mowgli

The Death Of Mowgli

The Quietening

The Reproducible Dream

The Reproducible Dream

They Only Play Minor Chords In Hell

They Only Play Minor Chords In Hell

Rats!

The Falling Terror

The Falling Terror

Enjoy The Silence. Do The Work.

Enjoy The Silence. Do The Work.

The Last Breath

The Last Breath

Oak Teeth

The Canal Turn

The Outlier

Marking Time

Michael Jones

The Red Star Sales

The Red Star Sales

Conquerors Of Space

Conquerors Of Space

Misophonic Soup

Misophonic Soup

Flat Out Knackered

Flat Out Knackered

Crossroads

Barnacled

I Remember

Distant Finales

Distant Finales

Astonishing Tales Of The Sea

Astonishing Tales Of The Sea

Dirty Dishes

The Concrete Bride

The Concrete Bride

Semi-Truths & Stories

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A Life In Art

What Have I Done

What Have I Done

The Boy With The Dip

The Boy With The Dip

I Remember

Those In Coach Were The First To Go

Those In Coach Were The First To Go

A Journey From There To Here

A Journey From There To Here

When You Fell Asleep Forever

When You Fell Asleep Forever

The Ten Year Cycle

The Ten Year Cycle

On Surviving: Why I’m Still Here

On Surviving: Why I’m Still Here

There Are Stories About What Happened… What Star Wars Means To Me

There Are Stories About What Happened… What Star Wars Means To Me

When Your Best Decisions Are The Ones Others Make For You

When Your Best Decisions Are The Ones Others Make For You

The Freedom Of The Worst Day Of Your Life

The Freedom Of The Worst Day Of Your Life

Pierced Through The Heart But Never Killed

Pierced Through The Heart But Never Killed

I Can’t Take Geek Culture Anymore

I Can’t Take Geek Culture Anymore

When Work Stops Being The Work

When Work Stops Being The Work

Twenty Things In Twenty Years

Twenty Things In Twenty Years

Beware The Owls’ Herald

Beware The Owls’ Herald

How To Never Look Back

How To Never Look Back

The Archive Whisperer: Part One

The Archive Whisperer: Part One

The Archive Whisperer: Part Two

The Archive Whisperer: Part Two

Eyes Up

Fumbling From Within

Fumbling From Within