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Ryan Coleman
Your Literary Guide to the 2024 Oscars
Ryan Coleman on This Year’s Academy Award Nominees for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay
By
Ryan Coleman
| March 4, 2024
A New Era for Lena Dunham? Why the Controversial Creator is a Perfect Match for the Middle Ages
Catherine Called Birdy
Is as Thoroughly Medieval as It Is Dunhamesque
By
Ryan Coleman
| October 14, 2022
The Highs and Lows of the Toronto International Film Festival’s Literary Offerings
Ryan Coleman Previews
Women Talking
,
Emily
,
The Wonder
,
Causeway
, and
Catherine, Called Birdy
By
Ryan Coleman
| September 23, 2022
Albert Serra’s
Pacifiction
is Deeply Unsettling—and Deeply Literary
From Cannes, Ryan Coleman Finds the Renegade Spanish Filmmaker Crafting Something Entirely New
By
Ryan Coleman
| June 8, 2022
Claire Denis’s
Stars at Noon
is a Cunning Improvement on the Source Material
From Cannes, Ryan Coleman Considers the French Filmmaker's Adaptation of Denis Johnson’s Novel
By
Ryan Coleman
| June 8, 2022
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