<em>The Big Door Prize</em> Masters the Art of Comedy-Spiked Pathos

The Big Door Prize Masters the Art of Comedy-Spiked Pathos

The Thoughtfully Compact M.O. Walsh Novel Balloons into Something Bigger (and Funnier) on the Small Screen

By Alexis Gunderson | March 30, 2023

How did reactionary French novelist Michel Houellebecq end up in a Dutch arthouse porn?

How did reactionary French novelist Michel Houellebecq end up in a Dutch arthouse porn?

By Jonny Diamond | March 29, 2023

Chris Chalk will play James Baldwin in <em>Capote's Women</em>.

Chris Chalk will play James Baldwin in Capote's Women.

By Dan Sheehan | March 28, 2023

<em>Stranger Things’</em> Millie Bobby Brown has written a novel.

Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown has written a novel.

By Jonny Diamond | March 27, 2023

In Praise of Sophie Hatter, the Grumpy, Imperfect Childhood Heroine I Needed

In Praise of Sophie Hatter, the Grumpy, Imperfect Childhood Heroine I Needed

Joelle Kidd on the Delightfully Subversive Howl's Moving Castle

By Joelle Kidd | March 27, 2023

Read the meanest literary profile of the year (so far) ... and the subject's response.

Read the meanest literary profile of the year (so far) ... and the subject's response.

By Janet Manley | March 24, 2023

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How <em>Blazing Saddles</em> Deflated Western and Gentile Notions of Masculinity

How Blazing Saddles Deflated Western and Gentile Notions of Masculinity

On the Political Context and Playfulness of Mel Brooks’s 1974 Parody

By Jeremy Dauber | March 20, 2023

<em>Lucky Hank</em> is an Exhausted Academic Satire

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Olivia Rutigliano on the New AMC Series That Adapts Richard Russo's 1997 novel Straight Man

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 17, 2023

Kate DiCamillo on Seeing Her Book, <em>The Magician’s Elephant</em>, Adapted for Film

Kate DiCamillo on Seeing Her Book, The Magician’s Elephant, Adapted for Film

“A good adaptation helps you to see the book anew.”

By Kate DiCamillo | March 17, 2023

The Wizardry of Boz: A Brief History of Charles Dickens on Screen

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By Robert Douglas-Fairhurst | March 17, 2023

Skeletons in the Closet: On <em>Mad Men</em> and White America’s Willful Amnesia

Skeletons in the Closet: On Mad Men and White America’s Willful Amnesia

“Only by wading into the past did I begin to envision a different kind of future, one where I could imagine myself a mother.”

By Kelly Shetron | March 15, 2023

Oscar Isaac will play a sexy Kurt Vonnegut in a new crime series.

Oscar Isaac will play a sexy Kurt Vonnegut in a new crime series.

By Dan Sheehan | March 14, 2023

Watch the very weird trailer for Haruki Murakami adaptation <em>Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman</em>.

Watch the very weird trailer for Haruki Murakami adaptation Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.

By Emily Temple | March 14, 2023

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