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Women Can Lead Lives of Quiet Desperation Too

Women Can Lead Lives of Quiet Desperation Too

Madeline, Celeste and Jane as Byronic heroes In Big Little Lies

By Emily Temple | March 6, 2017

On the Genius of Daniel Woodrell, the

On the Genius of Daniel Woodrell, the "Battle-Hardened Bard of Meth Country"

The Latest Film Based on His Writing, Tomato Red, Opens Today

By William Boyle | March 3, 2017

Watch an Exclusive Clip from <em>The Sense of an Ending</em>

Watch an Exclusive Clip from The Sense of an Ending

Adapted from the Julian Barnes Novel, Starring Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling

By Emily Temple | March 2, 2017

Wuthering Heights">On the Many Film Adaptations of the Wuthering Heights">

Wuthering Heights">On the Many Film Adaptations of the "Unfilmable" Wuthering Heights

And How They Change Our Understanding of the Original Text

By Craig Hubert | February 24, 2017

Your Literary Guide to the 2017 Academy Awards

Your Literary Guide to the 2017 Academy Awards

Because Hollywood Would Basically be Irrelevant Without Books

By Emily Temple | February 23, 2017

How Political Will This Sunday's Oscars Get?

How Political Will This Sunday's Oscars Get?

A Brief History of Actors Getting Political at Awards Shows

By Emily Temple | February 22, 2017

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  • 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy

Who Should Star in the New Movie Version of The Master and Margarita?

By Emily Temple | February 15, 2017

Fan Fiction with Real People? On MTV's The Challenge

By Emily Temple | February 15, 2017

An Incomplete List of Virginia Woolf Puns in Pop Culture

By Emily Temple | January 25, 2017

Your Literary Guide to the Sundance Film Festival

Your Literary Guide to the Sundance Film Festival

André Aciman, Alejandro Zambra, Nikolai Leskov, J.D. Salinger and more

By Emily Temple | January 18, 2017

On the Pantsuit Nation Book and the KKK TV Show

On the Pantsuit Nation Book and the KKK TV Show

Against the instant commodification of culture

By Emily Temple | December 22, 2016

Pedro Almodóvar on Adapting Alice Munro for the Screen

Pedro Almodóvar on Adapting Alice Munro for the Screen

"Munro’s inspiration has meant a real moral, aesthetic, and tonal adventure"

By Pedro Almodóvar | December 15, 2016

Pop Culture in a Post-Truth America

Pop Culture in a Post-Truth America

On the Political Implications of TV's New Self-Consciousness

By Emily Harnett | December 15, 2016

Watch the Creepy 1969 Short Film Adaptation of

Watch the Creepy 1969 Short Film Adaptation of "The Lottery"

Happy Birthday Shirley Jackson, We Love You

By Emily Temple | December 14, 2016

8 Great Movies Based on Unusual Literary Source Material

8 Great Movies Based on Unusual Literary Source Material

Putting all those old letters and Arlo Guthrie songs to use

By Emily Temple | December 2, 2016

The Ways in Which I'd Like to Get Attacked By a Bear

The Ways in Which I'd Like to Get Attacked By a Bear

Steven Church on Ecstatic Violence and Jouissance

By Steven Church | November 30, 2016

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