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OBSCURAE’s 2025 Wishlist

Umnia El-Neil

Umnia El-Neil

31 Dec 2024 — 1 min read
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A heartwarming, feel-good, well-constructed, run-of-the-mill British family comedy has one very interesting twist...

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The Stormlight Archive: The Escapism & Psychology of Fantasy

Not only does Sanderson create compelling, complex, and realistic characters that struggle with their mental health in nuanced ways with a cool, simultaneous magic metaphor. He also explicitly discusses psychology and therapy in a context where that usually never happens.

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We're in a new Film Essay book — and you can pre-order it now!

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Nathan Cassie's wedding is perhaps the most uneventful "most anticipated" TV wedding ever written.

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