ADRIAN NGUYEN

Sydney, Australia

Adrian Nguyen is a Contributor to The New York Sun.

Mr. Nguyen’s contributions have appeared in Quillette, the Spectator World and the Spectator Australia, the Washington Examiner, and the Critic, among many other publications. He runs a Substack called Lack of Taste.

Latest Articles

HBO Hit TV Show ‘The Pitt’ Gets Trapped in Liberal Pieties

Is the biggest ailment in the popular medical drama the damage being done to the creators’ lungs from the incessant preaching to the choir?

By ADRIAN NGUYEN

|Apr 29, 2026|

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Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘One Battle After Another.’ — Via Warner Bros.

The Oscars Are in Thrall to a New Wave of Resistance Politics

Expectations that the Academy Awards would move away from honoring movies with left-wing themes have been dashed.

By ADRIAN NGUYEN

|Mar 18, 2026|

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How Margot Robbie Made Girlboss Cinema a Brand

Her racy, subversive ‘Wuthering Heights’ is her latest boundary-pushing effort to redefine women’s filmmaking.

By ADRIAN NGUYEN

|Feb 13, 2026|

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'Chainsaw Man' won' the American box office on its premier weekend in the country. — Crunchyroll

How ‘Chainsaw Man’ Conquered the American Box Office: A Bionic Power Tool Shows Bruce Springsteen Who’s the Boss

Japanese anime is a surprisingly bright — and floridly violent — spot in an otherwise miserable film landscape.

By ADRIAN NGUYEN

|Oct 27, 2025|

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The podcaster Joe Rogan in his Texas studio. — JoeRogan.com

Joe Rogan’s Vibe Shift Increasingly Means Dogmatism Over Curiosity

Following his interview with President Trump, we increasingly see a frustrating side of the world’s biggest podcaster.

By ADRIAN NGUYEN

|Apr 4, 2025|

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Cast and crew including Darya Ekamasova, Lindsey Normington, Vache Tovmasyan, Karren Karagulian, Alex Coco, Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Samantha Quan, Luna Sofía Miranda, Sean Baker, Drew Daniels and Yura Borisov accept the Best Picture award for 'Anora' onstage during the 97th Annual Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 02, 2025 at Hollywood, California. — Kevin Winter/Getty Images

‘I See Anora’: How the Oscars Almost Got Their Groove Back

Indie filmmakers got their moment in the spotlight, but it’s their dominance of the awards show that could be the end of it.

By ADRIAN NGUYEN

|Mar 3, 2025|

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Eli Lake's new podcast, 'Breaking History,' shows how historically, America has always been split between the institutional elites and the ordinary voter, and how what is old becomes new again. — The Free Press

In the ‘Breaking History’ Podcast, Everyone Is a Historian

This unique podcast specializes in pop history and compares the present to the past.

By ADRIAN NGUYEN

|Mar 3, 2025|

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Why This Oscar Race Is So Hard To Predict

Last year, it was easy to foresee the ‘Oppenheimer’ steamroller. This year, the race for top awards is far closer.

By ADRIAN NGUYEN

|Mar 2, 2025|

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David Lynch Experimented With American Culture: Without Him, American Culture Would Be a Lot Less Weird

No artist felt more American than this mysterious surrealist.

By ADRIAN NGUYEN

|Jan 27, 2025|

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Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong as Donald Trump and Roy Cohn in 'The Apprentice'. — Mongrel Media

Looked at Through a Post-Election Lens, ‘The Apprentice’ Respects Trump as Much as the Character Respects Himself

Trump has denounced the film as ‘a politically disgusting hatchet job’, but perhaps he should watch it before rendering judgement.

By ADRIAN NGUYEN

|Nov 28, 2024|

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Myha'la (L), Harry Lawtey and Marisa Abela play young finance professionals in 'Industry'. — HBO

HBO’s ‘Industry’ Is Not the Successor to ‘Succession,’ But It’s Becoming Something Better

The show’s third season showed the show evolve from a send-up of the City of London to deeply nuanced portraits of its characters.

By ADRIAN NGUYEN

|Oct 6, 2024|

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Charli XCX's reimagining of the term 'brat' has supercharged memes of Kamala Harris of being a positive emblem of 'brat summer'. — Getty Images / Getty Images

Hot Brat Summer: How an Unlikely British Pop Star Made Kamala Harris Look Cool

The new definition of ‘brat’ is someone ‘messy’ who ‘maybe says some dumb things all the time,’ rather than a spoiled, vapid woman. Sound like anyone familiar?

By ADRIAN NGUYEN

|Aug 21, 2024|

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