Archive - The Metropolitan

April '24: Ooh, you poor man

Tony Hancock and Philip Guston

Apr 24 •

and

13:38

A Few Good Men (1992)

Talkin' Sorkin: Part II

Apr 21 •

Reading, writing and arithmetic

Maths, 'Oppenheimer' and the 'two cultures'

Apr 20 •

A boy’s own comedy

Apr 13 •

Adam Buxton is not my friend

And neither is Joe Cornish

Apr 6 •

March 2024

1982: Charisma bomb

Fast times at Top of the Pops

Mar 30 •

March '24: Things Can Only Get Better

Out-dated opinions with New Labour

Mar 30 •

and

14:59

The art of the pay-off

Aaron Sorkin and the opening scene of 'The Social Network'

Mar 23 •

OK, Boomer: The Ascent of Man

A hauntological wander through human history

Mar 16 •

Back to the future

Loki, Severance, Silo, and ‘70s technology as a 21st century metaphor

Mar 9 •

‘Sleeper’ Revisited

Sex, death and liking Woody Allen movies, three things that come once in a lifetime

Mar 2 •

February 2024

Good Millennial. Bad Millennial.

Mild spoilers for Mr & Mrs Smith (Amazon, 2024) and I May Destroy You (BBC, 2020)

Feb 24 •

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