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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

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

Brent Katz on Directing the Legendary Director

By Brent Katz | August 16, 2023

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

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

Olivia Rutigliano Grades André Øvredal's New Film on a Curve

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 11, 2023

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

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

A Wrestler, a Sunday School Teacher, and a Mystery Man Walk into a Studio

By Paul Morton | August 10, 2023

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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

By Ruby Blondell | August 7, 2023

Adrian Tomine on the Delight of Collaborating on the Shortcomings Adaptation

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

How <em>Barbie</em> Captures the Plasticity of Our Surreal Times

How Barbie Captures the Plasticity of Our Surreal Times

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 28, 2023

On the Historical and Contemporary Significance of <em>Oppenheimer</em>

On the Historical and Contemporary Significance of Oppenheimer

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 27, 2023

Greta Gerwig’s <em>Barbie</em> is a Fascinating, Spectacular Philosophical Experiment

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is a Fascinating, Spectacular Philosophical Experiment

Barbie Literalizes the Abstract and Abstracts the Literal in an Engaging, Thought-Provoking Inquiry into the Female Experience

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 21, 2023

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