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Your Literary Guide to the 2024 Oscars

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

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

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 <em>Pacifiction</em> is Deeply Unsettling—and Deeply Literary

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 <em>Stars at Noon</em> is a Cunning Improvement on the Source Material

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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