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Olivia Rutigliano

Olivia Rutigliano
Olivia Rutigliano is an Editor at Lit Hub and CrimeReads. She is also a Contributing Editor at Bright Wall/Dark Room. Her other work appears in Vanity Fair, Vulture, Lapham's Quarterly, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Public Books, The Baffler, Politics/Letters, The Toast, Truly Adventurous, PBS Television, and elsewhere. She has a PhD from the departments of English/comparative literature and theatre at Columbia University, where she was the Marion E. Ponsford fellow.


Leave the World Behind is a Tense, Uneasy Thriller

Olivia Rutigliano on Sam Esmail’s Adaptation of Rumaan Alam’s National Book Award-Nominated Novel
November 17, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Illustrator Neil Packer Goes Behind-the-Scenes of Folio’s Complete Plays of Shakespeare.

November 13, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Dream Scenario is a Worthwhile Head Trip

The new film starring Nicolas Cage is a thoughtful and engaging, if slightly overambitious, meditation on fame, attention, and parasocial connection.
November 10, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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The Holdovers is a Revelation

Alexander Payne's new film is perfect, full stop.
October 27, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Despite Some Pitfalls, Killers of the Flower Moon Swells with Humanity and Heart

On Martin Scorsese’s New Adaptation of David Grann’s Monumental Book
October 20, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Did J.D. Salinger Wield Copyright as Self-Protection?

"Copyright protections can stop a work from being copied, pirated, poached. They can't stop it from being misunderstood."
August 30, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a Creative Dracula Adaptation That Bites Off a Bit More Than It Can Chew

Olivia Rutigliano Grades André Øvredal's New Film on a Curve
August 11, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is a Fascinating, Spectacular Philosophical Experiment

Barbie Literalizes the Abstract and Abstracts the Literal in an Engaging, Thought-Provoking Inquiry into the Female Experience
July 21, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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This summer, read a screenplay.

July 6, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Indiana Jones: Here We Go Again

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is a Rousing, Genuinely Entertaining Return to the Franchise
June 30, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Beyond the Road Not Taken: Past Lives is a Love Story of Thoughtful Restraint

Olivia Rutigliano Reviews Celine Song's "Devastatingly Subtle" New Film
June 23, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Asteroid City is Wes Anderson’s Metaphysical Masterpiece

A Lovely Meditation on Unknowable Phenomena of All Kinds: Love, Death, and Aliens
June 16, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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You Hurt My Feelings is a Sincere, Satisfying Relationship Comedy

On Nicole Holofcener’s New Film About the Little Lies That Help Us Maintain Loving Relationships
June 9, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Paul Schrader’s Master Gardener Doesn’t See the Forest for the Trees

The Third of Schrader's “God's Lonely Men” Trilogy Promises a Fruitful Plot but Is Sadly Under-Seeded
May 26, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Take a Sigh of Relief: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. is Wonderful

The 53-Year Wait Was Worth It
April 21, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is an Uncanny, Stirring Film and a Worthy Tribute to Haruki Murakami

Pierre Földes’ Animated Film is Based on Six Murakami Stories, and Adeptly Captures Their Eerie, Longing Tones
April 14, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Renfield Doesn’t Know What to Do With Itself

The Dracula Relationship Comedy Starts Off Strong, and Then Lowers Its Stakes to Become... a Buddy Cop Movie
April 14, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline is a Brisk Thriller and a Passionate Argument for Revolution

The Fictionalization of Andreas Malm’s 2021 Manifesto Asks How Far We Should Go to Fight Climate Destruction and Injustice
April 7, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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The Lost King is a Jubilant Story of Historical Discovery and Overdue Recognition

The New Film From Stephen Frears and Steve Coogan Gives Credit to the Woman Who Found Richard III’s Lost Grave
March 31, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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FX’s Great Expectations Doesn’t Measure Up

Steven Knight’s Miniseries Makes Interesting Points About Empire and Womanhood, but They Get Lost in a Sea of Gratuitous Darkness
March 31, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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