• Film and TV

    Hollywood

    Tracing the Evolution of Celebrity Memoirs, from Charles Lindbergh to Will Smith

    By Landon Y. Jones  May 9, 2023
    What to Watch

    The Eight Mountains is a Testament to the Directors’ Commitment to the Story

    By Elissa Suh  May 5, 2023
    Tourism

    The Advanced Guard of Tourism: Tracing a Direct Line Between the Lonely Planet Travel Guides and The Beach

    By James Brooke-Smith  May 5, 2023
    News and Culture

    How Horseback Riding Helped Barbara Stanwyck Rise Above Hollywood Misogyny

    By Catherine Russell  May 4, 2023
    The Hub

    Taika Waititi has set his sights on Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun.

    By Dan Sheehan  May 2, 2023
    The History of Literature

    The Six Films that Helped Spark a Black Film Renaissance

    By History of Literature  May 1, 2023
    What to Watch

    The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in May

    By Emily Temple  April 28, 2023
    On Teaching

    What Educators Can Learn from Jessica Fletcher’s Critical Pedagogy

    By Shannon Draucker  April 28, 2023
    Sexuality

    The Problem with Gender-Reversed Teen Sex Comedies

    By Michele Meek  April 27, 2023
    What (Not) to Watch

    10 Screen Adaptations Much, Much Worse Than The Books They’re Based On

    By Literary Hub  April 25, 2023
    The Hub

    Let’s talk about that Great Expectations finale.

    By Janet Manley  April 24, 2023
    Blume Fever

    Julie Buntin on the Uncanny Omniscience of Judy Blume

    By Julie Buntin  April 24, 2023
    What to Watch

    What is The Power Trying to Say?

    By Alexis Gunderson  April 24, 2023
    What to Watch

    Take a Sigh of Relief: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. is Wonderful

    By Olivia Rutigliano  April 21, 2023
    The Hub

    The BBC is giving us a Lord of the Flies TV show.

    By Janet Manley  April 20, 2023
    The Hub

    Fanfic author would like credit for inventing Tolkien-spinoff The Rings of Power.

    By Janet Manley  April 20, 2023
    Pandemics

    What Kind of Pandemic Storytelling Do We Actually Need?

    By Emma Staffaroni  April 20, 2023
    The Hub

    Watch the first trailer for Netflix’s adaptation of All The Light We Cannot See.

    By Janet Manley  April 18, 2023
    Language

    How Lower-Class Innovation, Like, Changes the Langwage

    By Valerie Fridland  April 18, 2023
    What to Watch

    In Judy Blume Forever, Blume’s Refreshing Candor Applies to Herself

    By Kavita Das  April 17, 2023
    The Hub

    Olivia Wilde and A24 are bringing A Visit From the Goon Squad to TV.

    By Dan Sheehan  April 14, 2023
    What to Watch

    Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is an Uncanny, Stirring Film and a Worthy Tribute to Haruki Murakami

    By Olivia Rutigliano  April 14, 2023
    What to Watch

    Renfield Doesn’t Know What to Do With Itself

    By Olivia Rutigliano  April 14, 2023
    Comedy

    Jena Friedman Gives Male Comedians the Female Media Treatment

    By Jena Friedman  April 14, 2023
    Queer Culture

    How Ru Paul Created a Castle for Queer Beauty

    By Sasha Velour  April 14, 2023
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