The Greatest Velmas of History and Fiction

The Greatest Velmas of History and Fiction

Shaenon K. Garrity Takes Roll Call, from Agatha Christie to Harriet the Spy

By Shaenon K. Garrity | August 25, 2023

How <em>From Here to Eternity</em> Contradicted Post-War America’s Wholesome Notions

How From Here to Eternity Contradicted Post-War America’s Wholesome Notions

M. J. Moore on James Jones’s 1951 Novel and Its Film Adaptation

By M. J. Moore | August 24, 2023

On the Death of the Comedy Blockbuster

On the Death of the Comedy Blockbuster

Saul Austerliz Wants to Know: Where Might the Next Will Ferrell Come From?

By Saul Austerlitz | August 23, 2023

Greta Gerwig’s Paradise Lost

Greta Gerwig’s Paradise Lost

Orlando Reade on the Deep Parallels Between Barbie and John Milton’s Late Renaissance Epic

By Orlando Reade | August 23, 2023

We’re Not Promising Anymore: Lizzy Goodman on the Fleeting Amateur Spirit of <em>Meet Me in the Bathroom</em>

We’re Not Promising Anymore: Lizzy Goodman on the Fleeting Amateur Spirit of Meet Me in the Bathroom

“You have to make your story out of what you find.”

By Gyasi Hall | August 18, 2023

The Library is Open: On <em>Party Girl</em>, Budget Cuts, and the Future of Women’s Work

The Library is Open: On Party Girl, Budget Cuts, and the Future of Women’s Work

Victoria Wiet on the 1995 Cult Classic, a Rallying Cry for Libraries

By Victoria Wiet | August 17, 2023

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"I Am the Only One Who Should Recite Them": When Werner Herzog Narrates Your AI Poetry Collection

By Brent Katz | August 16, 2023

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a Creative Dracula Adaptation That Bites Off a Bit More Than It Can Chew

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 11, 2023

On the Men Who Lent Their Bodies (and Voices) to the Earliest Iterations of Superman

By Paul Morton | August 10, 2023

Watch the creepy first trailer for <em>The Changeling</em>.

Watch the creepy first trailer for The Changeling.

By Dan Sheehan | August 8, 2023

How Casting Helen of Troy Becomes an Exercise in Female Power

How Casting Helen of Troy Becomes an Exercise in Female Power

“Helen’s spell has always depended, in part, on her own erotic agency, exercised in defiance of male authority.”

By Ruby Blondell | August 7, 2023

Adrian Tomine on the Delight of Collaborating on the <em>Shortcomings</em> Adaptation

Adrian Tomine on the Delight of Collaborating on the Shortcomings Adaptation

“My wife was actually kind of freaked out by how happy I was during that time.”

By Adrian Tomine | August 4, 2023

The Ineffable Romance of <em>Good Omens</em>... Four Years, One Pandemic, and Two Hollywood Strikes Later

The Ineffable Romance of Good Omens... Four Years, One Pandemic, and Two Hollywood Strikes Later

Alexis Gunderson on the Funny Calm Before a Storm

By Alexis Gunderson | August 4, 2023

Becoming Others: Enacting the Transness of Virginia Woolf’s <em>Orlando</em>

Becoming Others: Enacting the Transness of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando

Hannah Bonner on the Utopian Future of Paul B. Preciado’s Orlando, My Political Biography

By Hannah Bonner | August 3, 2023

Watch the trailer for the new Joyce Carol Oates documentary.

Watch the trailer for the new Joyce Carol Oates documentary.

By Dan Sheehan | July 28, 2023

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in August

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in August

Since You've Already Seen Barbenheimer

By Emily Temple | July 28, 2023

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