The Underline

By Danny Sullivan

· Launched 4 years ago

The peeling wallpaper of a decaying world

Backrooms, Covid, video games, slop, and the future of film

Jun 15•Danny Sullivan

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Computers can only play games

Computer Power and Human Reason, chapters 1-3

Jun 1•Danny Sullivan

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I was a ghost. I was the barber.

The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)

May 18•Danny Sullivan

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Dudes rock and business is booming

Tulsa King as the anti-Sopranos

Apr 13•Danny Sullivan

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Perfect alexandrine lines in The Caboose Who Got Loose

A rare instance of good verse in a children’s book

Apr 6•Danny Sullivan

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A portrait of the artist, burned out and in despair

Your Name Here (Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff, 2025)

Mar 2•Danny Sullivan

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I bet if we kissed you’d taste like a wild beast

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)

Feb 2•Danny Sullivan

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The Underline

Essays and reviews on books, film, video games. Current projects: Coen Brothers retrospective, Hideo Kojima Studies