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Growing Up in Taylor Swift’s America

Growing Up in Taylor Swift’s America

Kelly Marie Coyne on Women Writers, Role Models, and Miss Americana

By Kelly Marie Coyne | December 14, 2023

What’s Old is New Again (and Again): On the Cyclical Nature of Nostalgia

What’s Old is New Again (and Again): On the Cyclical Nature of Nostalgia

Tobias Becker Explores Popular Culture’s Continued Revival of the Past

By Tobias Becker | December 13, 2023

Rumaan Alam on the Surreality of Seeing <em>Leave the World Behind</em> Come to Life on Screen

Rumaan Alam on the Surreality of Seeing Leave the World Behind Come to Life on Screen

“I had a debilitating crush on Ethan Hawke as a teenager and now he’s playing a character I created. Deranged!”

By Rumaan Alam | December 8, 2023

When the Culture Wars Came for <em>Monty Python’s Life of Brian</em>

When the Culture Wars Came for Monty Python’s Life of Brian

“A film so funny they banned it in Norway!”

By Kliph Nesteroff | December 8, 2023

<em>Eileen</em> Complicates the Relationship at the Heart of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Novel

Eileen Complicates the Relationship at the Heart of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Novel

Emmeline Clein Digs in to the New Adaptation, from Page to Screen

By Emmeline Clein | December 6, 2023

<em>Poor Things</em> is a Curious Phantasmagoria

Poor Things is a Curious Phantasmagoria

Olivia Rutigliano on Yorgos Lanthimos’s (Best) New Film

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 5, 2023

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The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in December

By Emily Temple | December 1, 2023

Feminine Appetites in Todd Haynes’s May December

By Hannah Bonner | December 1, 2023

Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | November 30, 2023

Beyond <em>Poor Things</em>: An Ode to Alasdair Gray’s Lesser-Known, Equally Deserving Books

Beyond Poor Things: An Ode to Alasdair Gray’s Lesser-Known, Equally Deserving Books

Including a Gargantuan Retelling of the History of English Literature and a Bowdlerization of The Divine Comedy

By Mazin Saleem | November 29, 2023

What Really Went on Between Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Sheen During the Filming of <em>Apocalypse Now</em>?

What Really Went on Between Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Sheen During the Filming of Apocalypse Now?

The Disturbing—and Revealing—Story Behind an Iconic Moment in Cinema History

By Sam Wasson | November 28, 2023

Benny Safdie on Capturing Life on Film

Benny Safdie on Capturing Life on Film

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | November 28, 2023

The Stars Are Hollow: On <em>Gilmore Girls</em> as “Normporn”

The Stars Are Hollow: On Gilmore Girls as “Normporn”

Karen Tongson Ventures to the WB Backlot for a “Gilmore Girls Holiday”

By Karen Tongson | November 22, 2023

<em>Maestro</em> Slips into Easy Conversation with <em>A Star is Born</em>

Maestro Slips into Easy Conversation with A Star is Born

Frank Falisi on the New Leonard Bernstein Biopic and Its Director-Star Bradley Cooper

By Frank Falisi | November 22, 2023

On the Jealous Rivalry Between Nicolas Cage and His Uncle, Francis Ford Coppola

On the Jealous Rivalry Between Nicolas Cage and His Uncle, Francis Ford Coppola

Zach Schonfeld on a Family Not Unlike the Corleones

By Zach Schonfeld | November 20, 2023

How the Publicity Campaign for <em>Killers of the Flower Moon</em> Recalls Rosebud Yellow Robe’s 1950 Hollywood Tour

How the Publicity Campaign for Killers of the Flower Moon Recalls Rosebud Yellow Robe’s 1950 Hollywood Tour

Paul Morton on the Performance of Authenticity and the Native Stories Left to Tell

By Paul Morton | November 20, 2023

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