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<em>Loving Highsmith</em> Peeks into Patricia Highsmith's Guarded Interior Life

Loving Highsmith Peeks into Patricia Highsmith's Guarded Interior Life

The New Film from Eva Vitija Asks Us to Consider Highsmith’s Vulnerability

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 2, 2022

The 50 Best Fictional Dragons, Ranked

The 50 Best Fictional Dragons, Ranked

Thousands of Years of Dragon Lore, from the Rig Veda to Beowulf to the Hobbit

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 26, 2022

<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

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

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 27, 2022

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By Olivia Rutigliano | May 20, 2022

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

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 16, 2022

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

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

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On the High-Flying Self-Actualization of <em>The Flight Attendant</em>’s Second Season

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

Olivia Rutigliano on the Continuation of HBO Max's Espionage Comedy

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 15, 2022

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

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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

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