Archive - Out of the Wild with Ken Ilgunas

The many problems of "28 Years Later"

It's a mess and has nothing to say

Jul 7 •

June 2025

My response to NYT's 100 Best Films List

It's a good list(!) but here's my own

Jun 30 •

12. Adam Weymouth on the Return of the Wolf

Adam Weymouth is a British author of Kings of the Yukon, about his 2,000-mile voyage down the Yukon River, and, now, Lone Wolf: Walking the Faultlines…

Jun 16 •

1:12:53

11. Sam Graham-Felsen on the Fading Male Friendship

Sam Graham-Felsen is the historian at the Philip Roth Personal Library in Newark, New Jersey, and he’s the author of the acclaimed coming-of-age novel…

Jun 9 •

1:17:51

Andor, and It'd Be Nice to Have an Evil Empire to Fight

Plus: what are the revolutionary movements that should be ongoing but aren't?

Jun 2 •

May 2025

10. Bill Deresiewicz on Eros, Incels, the Not Left, and the Death of the Artist

Bill Deresiewicz is a writer and cultural critic.

May 26 •

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William Deresiewicz

1:17:57

Writing About TV As The World Burns

Plus, some atoning for some mild guilt

May 19 •

The Heimat Test: Is Your Community a Shire or a Strip Mall?

My Scottish village gets a 66

May 12 •

11 Ideas for Future National Parks

“The imperfect is our only paradise.” – Wallace Stevens

May 5 •

April 2025

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