Lack of Taste

A Newsletter About Movies For People Who Don't Like Movies

By Adrian Nguyen

· Launched 6 years ago

Sleepless in Sydney: A Prologue

Sydney is the crown jewel of Australia, and it has made its film culture richer

Apr 2•Adrian Nguyen

The State of 2024

Recounting the best films, TV and music that was released that year.

Dec 30, 2024•Adrian Nguyen

Fake Reveal

Or why film critics nowadays are cowards.

Jun 28, 2025•Adrian Nguyen

Lack of Taste: A Manifesto

Let's get things settled.

Jul 18, 2020•Adrian Nguyen

Sending off the Brainrot of 2025 with Matt Labash

A conversation with Matt Labash recapping a year we’d rather forget. From the slopfest affecting pop culture to Tucker Carlson, my longer than usual gap…

Dec 30, 2025•Adrian Nguyen and Matt Labash

The Long Take: My Moviebob Problem and Ours

Nov 14, 2020•Adrian Nguyen

Reaction Shots: Shane Gillis is Funny. Hasan Minhaj is Not

Sep 17, 2023•Adrian Nguyen

PUBLIC POST: Sopranotember: The 13 Greatest Shots in The Sopranos

Sep 12, 2021•Adrian Nguyen

Charli XCX can't make movies and neither can The Weeknd

Charli xcx and The Weeknd both released movies so similar to each other, that they don't actually work at all.

Mar 7•Adrian Nguyen

In (Partial) Defense of Mubi

Streaming services should not be your echo chambers.

Jan 12•Adrian Nguyen

The 100 Greatest Movies of the 21st Century - Yi Yi: A One and a Two (2000)

A masterpiece about entering the 21st century

Dec 29, 2025•Adrian Nguyen

The 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century - A Prologue

Introducing a new series.

Dec 29, 2025•Adrian Nguyen

Thirty Years of Heat

Thirty Years On and this is still the greatest heist movie of all time.

Dec 25, 2025•Adrian Nguyen

The Long Take: Charlie's Courage

Ten Years On, Charlie Hebdo and their free speech deserves to be defended

Jan 10, 2025•Adrian Nguyen

My Favorite Pieces I wrote in 2024

From Australia to free speech to the male gaze to America

Dec 31, 2024•Adrian Nguyen

The Long Take: Using Art to Rationalize Your Idiotic Politics

Or why Luigi Mancione is no Arthur Fleck or a Walter White.

Dec 15, 2024•Adrian Nguyen

A Year End Bash With Matt Labash

2024 gave us many questions: the return of Trump, podcasts, masculinity and Raygun. Labash answers them all.

Dec 6, 2024•Adrian Nguyen