Substacks recommended by Matt Goldberg

Recommended by Matt Goldberg

Greg's Blu-Rays A to Z

Do these movies Stay And Play or Go Away?

Nonfics

By Christopher Campbell

Nonfics is a newsletter for documentary enthusiasts delivering reviews, interviews, and streaming guides.

Release the Women Substack

By Elizabeth Endara

Welcome to the Release the Women substack! If you like conversations about religion, deconstruction, sexuality, gender, and a little pop culture and self deprecating jokes sprinkled in, you might like this!

Pajiba

Politics and all things Pajiba, direct to your inbox!

Professional Sweetheart

By Millie De Chirico

A movies and media culture newsletter from film programmer, writer, and historian, Millie De Chirico.

Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas

Movie Reviews and Weird-Ass Side Quests

I'm a longtime fan of Rabin's dating back to his AV Club days, so this recommendation is a no-brainer.

- Matt Goldberg

This Week In Writing

By Justin Cox

Weekly discussion and encouragement for writers.

Decoding Everything

By David Chen

A newsletter by David Chen about movies, TV, tech, the media, and being an online creator.

Podcasting guru Dave Chen's latest venture will keep you hooked as he breaks down various shows and movies.

- Matt Goldberg

JOG Blog

By Jason O. Gilbert

It's a current events newsletter written by me, comedy writer Jason O. Gilbert. I have written for The Daily Show for many years and now I am writing this newsletter.

The Wicked Son Says

By Michael Goldberg

Rethinking Religious Thought

A fascinating and challenging look at religion in general and Judaism in particular (disclaimer: the author is also my dad).

- Matt Goldberg

Keeping Up

By Ashley Clark

Thoughts, ideas, recommendations and stuff from Ashley Clark

Criterion's Ashley Clark sending out a newsletter? Yes, please.

- Matt Goldberg

Can We Still Govern?

By Don Moynihan

improving the quality of government, public policy, reducing administrative burdens

The Sword and the Sandwich

By Talia Lavin

Covering far-right extremism, sandwiches, and everything in between.

The Reveal

By Scott Tobias

Deeper into movies (and a little TV). Essays, reviews, conversation. Past and present. From the editors of The Dissolve.

The Long Game

By Molly Knight

Join our community of smart sports fans who also care about things other than sports. Debate is encouraged, trolling is not allowed.

The Future, Now and Then

By Dave Karpf

A newsletter that mixes insights from the history of the digital future (#WIREDarchive) with observations and rants about the state of politics today. Basically a blog for your inbox.

Snack Stack

We've moved to WordPress! Find the whole site, including archives and new content, at www.snackstack.net.

Thinking about...

By Timothy Snyder

Opening the future by understanding the past.

An essential read for understanding the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

- Matt Goldberg

Cool People Have Feelings, Too

By Marya E. Gates

Home of the Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide. Here you will find writing about films directed by women, silent cinema, and other esoteric (mostly) film related stuff.

A terrific way to keep up with the excellent work of women filmmakers.

- Matt Goldberg

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

The Vajenda

By Dr. Jen Gunter

Imagine a Venn diagram with overlapping circles labeled: Medical Facts, Feminism, and Fire. You've arrived at their intersection.

The Popehat Report

By Ken White

A newsletter about law, liberty, and leisure.

Commonplace Book

By Alissa Wilkinson

Scraps on movies, TV, theater, the writing life, and food that isn’t elsewhere, from me, a person who writes essays and books about culture for a living.

More terrific writing from A-plus film critic Alissa Wilkinson.

- Matt Goldberg