Ezra Stein
@ezrastein.bsky.social
Writer at Anamorphic Review (he/him)
Let me go in the Criterion Closet
anamorphicreview.substack.com
https://boxd.it/2m5YN
Let me go in the Criterion Closet
anamorphicreview.substack.com
https://boxd.it/2m5YN
Starting Hyperion and there are few things better than a sci-fi novel that mainlines a bunch of Lore into your brain in the first chapter.
January 7, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Starting Hyperion and there are few things better than a sci-fi novel that mainlines a bunch of Lore into your brain in the first chapter.
Just watched John Sayles' Matewan (1987) for the first time and my primary takeaway is that they should've created a Nobel Prize for cinematography just to give it to Haskell Wexler.
January 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Just watched John Sayles' Matewan (1987) for the first time and my primary takeaway is that they should've created a Nobel Prize for cinematography just to give it to Haskell Wexler.
Stranger Things attempted to steal The Leftovers’ ending and totally whiffed it. I can no longer be silent about this.
January 4, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Stranger Things attempted to steal The Leftovers’ ending and totally whiffed it. I can no longer be silent about this.
Just realized I never posted about it on here but I did actually do this
open.substack.com/pub/anamorph...
open.substack.com/pub/anamorph...
January 4, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Just realized I never posted about it on here but I did actually do this
open.substack.com/pub/anamorph...
open.substack.com/pub/anamorph...
revisiting a perfect episode of television
January 3, 2026 at 7:37 AM
revisiting a perfect episode of television
I asked Santa for a new Terence Malick film next year.
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I asked Santa for a new Terence Malick film next year.
Working at a middle school has my Letterboxd looking crazy sometimes
December 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Working at a middle school has my Letterboxd looking crazy sometimes
Josh O’Connor is playing Fox Mulder in a Spielberg movie and I’m expected to just act normal about it until June???
December 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Josh O’Connor is playing Fox Mulder in a Spielberg movie and I’m expected to just act normal about it until June???
Still don't really know how to feel about Eddington but I've definitely thought about this shot basically every day since it came out.
December 13, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Still don't really know how to feel about Eddington but I've definitely thought about this shot basically every day since it came out.
Crazy that every episode of X-Files looked like this on a TV budget in the '90s
December 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Crazy that every episode of X-Files looked like this on a TV budget in the '90s
this one’s for a very small subset of you
December 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
this one’s for a very small subset of you
Working on a new theorem. Gonna be big.
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Working on a new theorem. Gonna be big.
Gonna release a newsletter this month
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Gonna release a newsletter this month
It’s cool that everyone’s talking about how great Paul Dano is. I like that guy.
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
It’s cool that everyone’s talking about how great Paul Dano is. I like that guy.
Finished the massive writing project I’ve been working on for months and I want to both immediately start the next and also never write another word for the rest of my life.
December 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Finished the massive writing project I’ve been working on for months and I want to both immediately start the next and also never write another word for the rest of my life.
Rewatched Fincher’s Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (still a masterpiece) and felt inspired to curate this selection of films
boxd.it/QuG4y
boxd.it/QuG4y
Nondenominational Winter Films
Happy Holidays
boxd.it
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Rewatched Fincher’s Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (still a masterpiece) and felt inspired to curate this selection of films
boxd.it/QuG4y
boxd.it/QuG4y
Ralph Fiennes in 28 Years Later
December 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Ralph Fiennes in 28 Years Later
Took a couple good ones recently
December 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Took a couple good ones recently
wake up dead man is the best one.
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
wake up dead man is the best one.
An idea that's been in my head since August:
The chase scene from Weapons with Carter Burwell's Raising Arizona theme over it.
The chase scene from Weapons with Carter Burwell's Raising Arizona theme over it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
An idea that's been in my head since August:
The chase scene from Weapons with Carter Burwell's Raising Arizona theme over it.
The chase scene from Weapons with Carter Burwell's Raising Arizona theme over it.
Ridiculously bewhiskered animal
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Ridiculously bewhiskered animal