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Feminine Appetites in Todd Haynes’s <em>May December</em>

Feminine Appetites in Todd Haynes’s May December

Hannah Bonner on the Aesthetics of Tabloid Culture

By Hannah Bonner | December 1, 2023

Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

Considering Boom for Real: The Late-Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat While Walking Through Baltimore

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”

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

By Karen Tongson | November 22, 2023

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

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The Pyschedelic Life and Art of David Edward Byrd

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It All Began With a Trip to the Bathroom

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<em>Leave the World Behind</em> is a Tense, Uneasy Thriller

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Olivia Rutigliano on Sam Esmail’s Adaptation of Rumaan Alam’s National Book Award-Nominated Novel

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How <em>Siskel & Ebert</em> Brought Movies to the People

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Matt Singer on the Bygone Era Before Movie Clips

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Why <em>Maurice</em> is Still a Resonant Text for the Queer Audience

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David Greven Defends a Merchant Ivory Adaptation

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<em>Dream Scenario</em> is a Worthwhile Head Trip

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The new film starring Nicolas Cage is a thoughtful and engaging, if slightly overambitious, meditation on fame, attention, and parasocial connection.

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Sweet Nothings: On the Emptiness of Sofia Coppola’s <em>Priscilla</em>

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