Max Read

https://maxread.substack.com/

Oct 23, 2025 8:03 AM

Talking with John Ganz about Trump's scummy base and the new anti-tech progressivism

Oct 20, 2025 1:01 PM

An extremely fun '80s pulp horror-espionage epic, a '90s occult-horror action flick, and more

Oct 17, 2025 2:28 PM

Four years of Read Max on Substack

Oct 13, 2025 12:38 PM

A fantastic weird occult medieval horror novel, a terrifying and effectively perfect cosmic-horror movie, and more

Oct 10, 2025 12:26 PM

Can OpenAI build a social network?

Oct 6, 2025 1:17 PM

A creepy secret history of the Years of Lead, an unbelievably spooky witch movie, and more

Oct 3, 2025 12:48 PM

The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R

Sep 30, 2025 12:29 PM

A forgotten '80s/'90s literary masterpiece, a hyperactively gorgeous animated sci-fi sports (?) thriller, and more

Sep 25, 2025 12:49 PM

What if the Post Office had its own A.I. model?

Sep 22, 2025 10:35 AM

A cracking occult spy novel, a great Robert Redford war epic, and more

Sep 19, 2025 12:15 PM

What Type of Guy was the alleged Charlie Kirk shooter?

Sep 14, 2025 8:57 AM

An art-history political noir set on the eve of the Spanish Civil War, the funniest Le Carré adaptation, and more

Sep 10, 2025 8:45 AM

The Silicon Valley-Trump bet

Sep 7, 2025 8:27 AM

A short, eerie time-slip novel; a perfect, off-kilter '80s comedy-thriller; and more

Sep 5, 2025 5:29 PM

Why are pundits obsessed with Bluesky?

Sep 1, 2025 7:45 AM

A wildly fun forgotten 1990s art-history thriller, a great new cop mystery set in '70s New Jersey, and more

Aug 29, 2025 9:42 AM

Is the "A.I." "bubble" "bursting"?

Aug 25, 2025 11:24 AM

A great Florentine-Renaissance alternate history, two Prince-inspired masterpiece albums, and a strange and spooky Terence Stamp phantasmagoria

Aug 22, 2025 9:28 AM

Who killed Jean Pormanove?

Aug 18, 2025 11:46 AM

A slim, perfect history of the late Roman Empire; an extremely fun 1990s neo-noir; and more

  • Home
  • NTS
  • Feeds

Generated Oct 24, 2025 5:09 AM