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<em>Bodies Bodies Bodies</em> is a Vicious Parody of Online Culture and a Tight Little Murder Mystery

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

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 5, 2022

<em>Nope</em> is a Masterclass on Our Relationship to Entertainment

Nope is a Masterclass on Our Relationship to Entertainment

Olivia Rutigliano on Jordan Peele’s Rich New Sci-fi Film

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 22, 2022

In Praise of the Simple Beauties of <em>Marcel the Shell with Shoes On</em>

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

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 1, 2022

<em>Frances Ha</em> is All Grown Up

Frances Ha is All Grown Up

Olivia Rutigliano on the Greta Gerwig Coming-of-Age Comedy Ten Years Later

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 27, 2022

Was <em>You’ve Got Mail</em> Trying to Warn Us About the Internet? (Or Telling Us to Give Up?)

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

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 20, 2022

After an uncertain week, <em>The Believer</em> is returning home to <em>McSweeney’s!</em>

After an uncertain week, The Believer is returning home to McSweeney’s!

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 16, 2022

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What are these serial killer subplots doing in Nora Ephron movies?

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 13, 2022

Dispatches from this year's New York International Antiquarian Book Fair.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 25, 2022

On the High-Flying Self-Actualization of The Flight Attendant’s Second Season

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 15, 2022

?BREAKING? Nicolas Cage’s favorite literary character is Dimitri Karamazov.

?BREAKING? Nicolas Cage’s favorite literary character is Dimitri Karamazov.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 13, 2022

Turns out, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote an episode of <em>Veronica Mars</em>.

Turns out, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote an episode of Veronica Mars.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 7, 2022

Charles Dickens was an amateur magician who often performed at his friends' kids' birthday parties.

Charles Dickens was an amateur magician who often performed at his friends' kids' birthday parties.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 5, 2022

Steven Spielberg’s <em>West Side Story</em> is a Technical Masterpiece, Despite its Sprawling Script

Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is a Technical Masterpiece, Despite its Sprawling Script

Olivia Rutigliano on the Adaptation of a Classic Mid-Century Musical

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 25, 2022

<em>CODA</em> is a Moving Representation of the Many Varieties of Expression

CODA is a Moving Representation of the Many Varieties of Expression

Olivia Rutigliano on the Best Picture Contender

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 24, 2022

With <em>Belfast</em>, Kenneth Branagh Hits Peak Irresistible

With Belfast, Kenneth Branagh Hits Peak Irresistible

Olivia Rutigliano on Branagh’s Sentimental New Film

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 22, 2022

In <em>The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,</em> Samuel L. Jackson Plays the Role of a Lifetime

In The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Samuel L. Jackson Plays the Role of a Lifetime

Olivia Rutigliano on the New Adaptation of Walter Mosley’s Novel

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 11, 2022

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