Substacks recommended by Max Covill

Recommended by Max Covill

Seeing Sh*t in Books: A Lit Scholar Pontificates on Writing

Because that’s all literary scholarship is, really. Shaking words around like a kaleidoscope and finding out what you can see. Few things in life are more fun. And few things can teach you as much about how to think, how to write, and how to live.

What's Alan Watching?

By Alan Sepinwall

TV criticism, news, links, and other thoughts from Alan Sepinwall

Rolling Stone Critic Alan Sepinwall collects some of his writing in his great newsletter.

- Max Covill

Crossplay

By Patrick Klepek

A newsletter at the intersection of parenting and video games.

Want to play video games with your family? Crossplay is an essential newsletter on the latest trends and games that are appropriate for your family.

- Max Covill

Decoding Everything

By David Chen

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

The Entertainment

By Tom Knoblauch

Culture. Media. Politics. Endless Entertainment.

812: Film Reviews and Other Musings

By Robert Daniels

Writing about Black cinema, Streaming, Books and Music

Robert is an incredible writer and person. Catch up on all his writing in one place!

- Max Covill

The Reveal

By Scott Tobias

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

Marshall and the Movies

By Marshall Shaffer

Marshall Shaffer talks you through the movies you should watch, twice a week.

If you read It's the Pictures, you probably already love movies. Marshall Shaffer provides frequent lists of movies you should be watching from popular streaming services. Who couldn't use some more movies?

- Max Covill

Animation Obsessive

Exploring the best in animation from all around the world — part investigation, part treasure hunt.

Link in Bio

By Rachel Karten

Link in Bio is a newsletter about working in social media, creating clever content, and making sure your boss never asks you to “go viral”.

Hung Up

By hunter harris

A twice-weekly newsletter about movies, tv, and personal pop culture obsessions. Hung Up is essays, interviews, recommendations, reviews, gossip, line readings, love notes, cool stuff to share with your friends.

I don't usually care about scandals and drama in pop culture, but Hunter makes it interesting! A must read.

- Max Covill

Freelancing With Tim

Demystifying the world of freelance journalism. By and for freelancers.