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Must Sex Always Mean Death When it Comes to Horror Movies?

Must Sex Always Mean Death When it Comes to Horror Movies?

Tyler Malone on Carnal (Lack of) Knowledge in Scary Cinema

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2022

The Housing Crisis is So Gothically Horrifying It’s Turning Up in Scary Movies

The Housing Crisis is So Gothically Horrifying It’s Turning Up in Scary Movies

Mia Florin-Sefton on Barbarian, Jane Eyre, and the Horrors of Housing

By Mia Florin-Sefton | October 31, 2022

Paul Newman on the “Lusty Time” He Had Filming <em>The Long, Hot Summer</em> with Joanne Woodward

Paul Newman on the “Lusty Time” He Had Filming The Long, Hot Summer with Joanne Woodward

“For us, the promise of everything was there from the beginning.”

By Paul Newman | October 28, 2022

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in November

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in November

Settle In, It’s Going to Be a Long Winter

By Emily Temple | October 28, 2022

Ross Gay in Praise of Kurosawa’s <em>Dreams</em> and Making Beautiful (and Un-Beautiful) Things

Ross Gay in Praise of Kurosawa’s Dreams and Making Beautiful (and Un-Beautiful) Things

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By Open Form | October 27, 2022

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By Olivia Rutigliano | October 21, 2022

The Me in the Screen: Steffan Triplett on Doppelgängers and Doubles, in Horror and Queer Life

By Steffan Triplett | October 21, 2022

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Sadly, The Peripheral Is Not the Great Cyberpunk Series We’ve Been Waiting for

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How <em>Magnolia</em> Engages with the Aftermath of Being in a Dysfunctional Family

How Magnolia Engages with the Aftermath of Being in a Dysfunctional Family

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By Dan Sheehan | October 17, 2022

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At the Lonely Crossroads of Horror and the American Century

W. Scott Poole on the Intertwined History of Horror Films and Social Critique

By W. Scott Poole | October 17, 2022

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“No One Can Say No to Elmo.” The Beginning of a Journey to Bring Sesame Street to Russia

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A New Era for Lena Dunham? Why the Controversial Creator is a Perfect Match for the Middle Ages

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