Written Work
A collection of all my writing published online, in magazines, and in newspapers, except content that still requires payment to access.
The 9 Movie Keywords I’m Obsessed With—and Their 25 Representative Films
Life of Pi | A Beast Alive or a Good Man Dead
A 2013 Roundup of Movies and Books
Steampunk | Nolan | The Remnants of a Fantasy World
Becoming a God in a Single Thought: Soft and Hard Science Fiction Through the Lens of Interstellar
Is Inception pure fiction? Is there any truth to it?
What is the principle behind “pen fairy” rituals? Why can two people holding a pen between their hands write a complete character?
My girlfriend absolutely loves horror movies. What should I do? What psychological mechanism makes people like watching ghost films?
The Journey in Pursuit of a Phantom: The Psychological Inspirations and Plot Analysis of *Memento*
The Mysterious and the Real | On the Art of Digging Potholes and Leaving Them Unfilled in Prometheus
Practicing Superhuman Skills at the Bottom of a Cliff | The Wuxia Side of The Dark Knight Rises
A Master Split in Two: From Flying Swords of Dragon Gate to The Three-Body Problem
Ravens and Moths | The Information Warfare of A Song of Ice and Fire and The Lord of the Rings
The “Crank Science” Source Code | A Quantum Rose Planted in Cow Dung
Loneliness That No Longer Exists: The Love Story of the New A Chinese Ghost Story | And More
Limbs, Slime, Tentacles, and the Truth About Seduction | Rewatching A Chinese Ghost Story from a Gorehound's Perspective
The Three-Body Problem 3: Climax Everywhere, Bugs Eternal
A Brief Day | A Double Reading of the Ending of Artificial Intelligence
Let the Bullets Fly: A Running Commentary on the Movie and a Crooked Reading of Its Ending
Nolan's Dream Isn't a Dream | Reviewing the Dream Setting in Inception
Watching a Camp Movie on a Kitsch Mountain
The Four Keywords of Inception