Olivia Rutigliano

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

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

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

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

“Today’s Assignment: Kick Some Ass.” Top Gun: Maverick, School of Rock, and the Cool Teacher Movie

The Teacher Protagonists of These Movies Don’t Teach Their Students to Excel—They Teach Them to Rebel

That time Disneyland Paris built a Space Mountain ride themed after Jules Verne.

There are surprisingly few glaring omissions in this year’s Oscar Nominations!

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

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

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