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Olivia Rutigliano

Olivia Rutigliano
Olivia Rutigliano is the Associate Editor of LitHub's CrimeReads vertical and the Senior Film Writer at LitHub. In addition to Lit Hub, CrimeReads, and Book Marks, her work appears in Vanity Fair, Vulture, Lapham's Quarterly, Public Books, The Baffler, Bright Wall/Dark Room, Politics/Letters, The Toast, Truly Adventurous, PBS Television, and elsewhere. She is a PhD candidate and the Marion E. Ponsford fellow in the departments of English/comparative literature and theatre at Columbia University, where she specializes in nineteenth and early twentieth-century literature and entertainment.


What did Shakespeare mean when he wrote “let’s kill all the lawyers?”

January 25, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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There are surprisingly few glaring omissions in this year’s Oscar Nominations!

January 24, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Nicolas Cage as Dracula! Yes, the trailer for Renfield has arrived.

January 5, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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White Noise is a Vibrant, Unafraid, and Compelling Film

Olivia Rutigliano on Noah Baumbach’s Successful New Adaptation of Don DeLillo's Classic, Un-filmable Novel
December 21, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans is a Beautiful Memory

The Director’s Autobiographical Film is Humble, Loving, and Mostly About Other People
November 23, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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The Teenage Cannibal Movie for Our Time? Bones and All Ate Me Right Up

Luca Guadagnino’s Adaptation of Camille DeAngelis’s Novel is Rich, Sad, and All-Consuming
November 22, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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She Said Is an Effective, Respectful Journalism Movie

The Film Constructively, Caringly Reenacts Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s Investigation into the Crimes of Harvey Weinstein
November 18, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Frederick Wiseman’s Un Couple is a Peek into the Mind of Sophia Tolstoy

Olivia Rutigliano on the Hour-Long Imagined Monologue About One of Literature's Most Famous Marriages
November 4, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Decision to Leave is a Stirring Hitchcockian Neo-Noir

Olivia Rutigliano on Park Chan-wook’s New Mystery
October 21, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Triangle of Sadness is a Satire That Skillfully Goes Overboard

Olivia Rutigliano on Ruben Östlund’s New Palme d'Or-Winning Comedy
October 14, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Amsterdam is an Overstuffed, Inchoate Whodunnit

Olivia Rutigliano on David O. Russell's New Film, “a Clown Car of Talent on the Road to Nowhere”
October 7, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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The Slow Reveal of Obvious Things: On Olivia Wilde’s Much Talked-About Film, Don’t Worry Darling

“Who doesn’t enjoy fastidious, detailed-oriented direction?”
September 23, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Two or Three Things I Know About Jean-Luc Godard

Towards an Obituary of a Cinematic Giant
September 14, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Loving Highsmith Peeks into Patricia Highsmith’s Guarded Interior Life

The New Film from Eva Vitija Asks Us to Consider Highsmith’s Vulnerability
September 2, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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The 50 Best Fictional Dragons, Ranked

Thousands of Years of Dragon Lore, from the Rig Veda to Beowulf to the Hobbit
August 26, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Bodies Bodies Bodies is a Vicious Parody of Online Culture and a Tight Little Murder Mystery

Olivia Rutigliano on the New Film Based on a Story by Kristen Roupenian
August 5, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Nope is a Masterclass on Our Relationship to Entertainment

Olivia Rutigliano on Jordan Peele’s Rich New Sci-fi Film
July 22, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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In Praise of the Simple Beauties of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Olivia Rutigliano on the New Movie About the Internet's Favorite Anthropomorphic Mollusk
July 1, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Frances Ha is All Grown Up

Olivia Rutigliano on the Greta Gerwig Coming-of-Age Comedy Ten Years Later
May 27, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Was You’ve Got Mail Trying to Warn Us About the Internet? (Or Telling Us to Give Up?)

Olivia Rutigliano on the Rise of Amazon.com, Corporate Homogenization, and the
90s Rom Com in the Middle of It All
May 20, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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