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The Most Unlikable Woman: On Sofia Coppola’s Stymied Quest to Bring Undine Spragg to Screen

The Most Unlikable Woman: On Sofia Coppola’s Stymied Quest to Bring Undine Spragg to Screen

Apple TV+ Isn’t Moving Forward with a Series Adaptation of The Custom of the Country. It’s Their Loss.

By Emily J. Orlando | November 8, 2023

Laughing At Evil: When Charlie Chaplin Brought Hitler to the Big Screen

Laughing At Evil: When Charlie Chaplin Brought Hitler to the Big Screen

Scott Eyman on the Making and Legacy of The Great Dictator

By Scott Eyman | November 3, 2023

How 1950s Hollywood Tried (and Failed) to Make Literary Adaptations Big

How 1950s Hollywood Tried (and Failed) to Make Literary Adaptations Big

The Problem with the Classics

By Foster Hirsch | November 3, 2023

We Almost Got a Superhero Movie from <em>The Exorcist</em> Director William Friedkin

We Almost Got a Superhero Movie from The Exorcist Director William Friedkin

When a New Hollywood Auteur and a Journalist Teamed Up to Adapt Will Eisner

By Paul Morton | November 3, 2023

Love and Looking: On What We (Don't) See Together

Love and Looking: On What We (Don't) See Together

Devorah Baum Considers the Role of Observation in Art and Romance

By Devorah Baum | November 2, 2023

Kristen Roupenian and Susanna Fogel on Adapting “Cat Person” for Film

Kristen Roupenian and Susanna Fogel on Adapting “Cat Person” for Film

“The movie gets to make a lot of different choices—and has to, to be full and rich.”

By Literary Hub | November 2, 2023

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What to Read Before and After Seeing Orlando, My Political Biography

By Literary Hub | November 1, 2023

Silvia Garcia-Moreno on Dracula’s Depictions and Descendants

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia | October 31, 2023

Something Is Rotten in Horror’s Use of Pedagogy

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2023

“Leisure, Labor, Reticence, Violence”: What Horror Films Can Teach Us About Poetry

“Leisure, Labor, Reticence, Violence”: What Horror Films Can Teach Us About Poetry

Justin Phillip Reed Considers Craft and Alienation on the Screen and on the Page

By Justin Phillip Reed | October 31, 2023

<em>The Holdovers</em> is a Revelation

The Holdovers is a Revelation

Alexander Payne's new film is perfect, full stop.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 27, 2023

50 Years Later, Terrence Malick’s <em>Badlands</em> Remains a Pure Encapsulation of American Violence

50 Years Later, Terrence Malick’s Badlands Remains a Pure Encapsulation of American Violence

Gus Mitchell on the Singular Director’s Debut Film

By Gus Mitchell | October 27, 2023

Evan Hughes on Writing the Book Behind <em>Pain Hustlers</em>

Evan Hughes on Writing the Book Behind Pain Hustlers

“The saga I’m obsessed with is getting another life.”

By Evan Hughes | October 27, 2023

<em>Goosebumps</em> Remixes Its Source Material to Satisfying Results

Goosebumps Remixes Its Source Material to Satisfying Results

The new Disney+/Hulu adaptation of R.L. Stine’s beloved children’s series is a charming tribute and a fun story on its own.

By Michael Kraus | October 27, 2023

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in November

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in November

From Under the Blanket

By Emily Temple | October 27, 2023

Romance and Representation: On the Rise of the Asian American Romantic Comedy

Romance and Representation: On the Rise of the Asian American Romantic Comedy

Jeff Yang in Conversation With Actor Simu Liu and Filmmaker Alice Wu

By Jeff Yang | October 26, 2023

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