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Olivia Rutigliano
“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
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| March 10, 2023
If you quote a Dickens character in a piece on weight loss drugs, don’t pick one who starves kids?
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| February 27, 2023
That time Disneyland Paris built a Space Mountain ride themed after Jules Verne.
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| February 1, 2023
What did Shakespeare mean when he wrote "let's kill all the lawyers?"
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| January 25, 2023
There are surprisingly few glaring omissions in this year’s Oscar Nominations!
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| January 24, 2023
Nicolas Cage as Dracula! Yes, the trailer for
Renfield
has arrived.
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| January 5, 2023
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
White Noise
is a Vibrant, Unafraid, and Compelling Film
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| December 21, 2022
Steven Spielberg’s
The Fabelmans
is a Beautiful Memory
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| November 23, 2022
The Teenage Cannibal Movie for Our Time?
Bones and All
Ate Me Right Up
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| November 22, 2022
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
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| November 18, 2022
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
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| November 4, 2022
Decision to Leave
is a Stirring Hitchcockian Neo-Noir
Olivia Rutigliano on Park Chan-wook’s New Mystery
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| October 21, 2022
Triangle of Sadness
is a Satire That Skillfully Goes Overboard
Olivia Rutigliano on Ruben Östlund’s New Palme d'Or-Winning Comedy
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| October 14, 2022
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”
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| October 7, 2022
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?”
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| September 23, 2022
Two or Three Things I Know About Jean-Luc Godard
Towards an Obituary of a Cinematic Giant
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| September 14, 2022
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Catherine Ryan Howard on Murder Houses, Strange Science, and Finding Inspiration for Her New Novel
July 28, 2026
by
Catherine Ryan Howard
Beyond "Man vs. Beast": Natalie Moss on the Outdated Trope of Nature as Monstrous
July 28, 2026
by
Natalie Moss
How the Rise of Mystery Podcasts Created the True Crime Memoir Boom
July 28, 2026
by
James Renner