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Cinematic Transcendence: On Legendary Quests and Wuxia Cinema

Cinematic Transcendence: On Legendary Quests and Wuxia Cinema

This Week on The Cosmic Library with Adam Colman

By The Cosmic Library | June 27, 2023

Revisiting <em>The Graduate</em>: Is It Outdated?

Revisiting The Graduate: Is It Outdated?

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | June 26, 2023

Against the Cynicism Cycle: Why TV Could Do with Less Moral Grayness

Against the Cynicism Cycle: Why TV Could Do with Less Moral Grayness

Noah Ciubotaru Wonders if We’ve Given Antihero Stories Too Much Credit

By Noah Ciubotaru | June 23, 2023

Beyond the Road Not Taken: <em>Past Lives</em> is a Love Story of Thoughtful Restraint

Beyond the Road Not Taken: Past Lives is a Love Story of Thoughtful Restraint

Olivia Rutigliano Reviews Celine Song's "Devastatingly Subtle" New Film

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 23, 2023

Umberto Eco’s Favorite Books Give New Meaning to the Phrase “Deep Cut”

Umberto Eco’s Favorite Books Give New Meaning to the Phrase “Deep Cut”

Stefano Eco Shares Some of His Father’s Beloved Texts to Celebrate the Premiere of Umberto Eco: A Library of the World

By Literary Hub | June 22, 2023

<em>Asteroid City</em> is Wes Anderson’s Metaphysical Masterpiece

Asteroid City is Wes Anderson’s Metaphysical Masterpiece

A Lovely Meditation on Unknowable Phenomena of All Kinds: Love, Death, and Aliens

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 16, 2023

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A Desi Mr. Darcy: Sayantani DasGupta on Diverse Retellings of Regency Tales

By Sayantani DasGupta | June 16, 2023

Indulging in the Lightness of American Born Chinese is Like Escaping Into a World We Haven’t Built Yet

By Yao Xiao | June 15, 2023

From Servant to Sidekick: The “Black Friend,” Then and Now

By Aisha Harris | June 15, 2023

Here comes a novelist noir starring Richard E. Grant and Julie Delpy.

Here comes a novelist noir starring Richard E. Grant and Julie Delpy.

By Janet Manley | June 9, 2023

<em>You Hurt My Feelings</em> is a Sincere, Satisfying Relationship Comedy

You Hurt My Feelings is a Sincere, Satisfying Relationship Comedy

On Nicole Holofcener’s New Film About the Little Lies That Help Us Maintain Loving Relationships

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 9, 2023

Order vs. Randomness: What Math Can Teach Us About the Stage

Order vs. Randomness: What Math Can Teach Us About the Stage

Stephen Abbott Helps Make Sense of the Mathematical Underpinnings of Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt

By Stephen Abbott | June 9, 2023

Abdi Nazemian on Why He’s Happy Being Known As a Queer Writer

Abdi Nazemian on Why He’s Happy Being Known As a Queer Writer

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 9, 2023

<em>Parting Glances</em>: Mourning the Work We Didn’t Get from Queer Director Bill Sherwood

Parting Glances: Mourning the Work We Didn’t Get from Queer Director Bill Sherwood

His Debut Was One of the Best Independent Films of the 1980s. He Died Four Years Later.

By Paul Morton | June 8, 2023

On the Literary Roots of <em>Die Hard</em>

On the Literary Roots of Die Hard

Nick de Semlyen Traces the Road from Nothing Lasts Forever to "Yippee-ki-yay, motherf*cker"

By Nick de Semlyen | June 7, 2023

My Mother Was Also a First Mermaid of Color

My Mother Was Also a First Mermaid of Color

Anri Wheeler on the Importance (and Limits) of Representation

By Anri Wheeler | June 6, 2023

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