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Watch the earliest known detective film, featuring a very confused Sherlock Holmes.

Watch the earliest known detective film, featuring a very confused Sherlock Holmes.

By Emily Temple | August 10, 2022

How Novelists Create More “Realistic” Characters Than Those You See on the Screen

How Novelists Create More “Realistic” Characters Than Those You See on the Screen

Anthony Marra in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 9, 2022

<em>Bodies Bodies Bodies</em> is a Vicious Parody of Online Culture and a Tight Little Murder Mystery

Bodies Bodies Bodies is a Vicious Parody of Online Culture and a Tight Little Murder Mystery

Olivia Rutigliano on the New Film Based on a Story by Kristen Roupenian

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 5, 2022

We’re getting a Keanu Reeves prestige TV series: Erik Larson’s <em>Devil in the White City</em>

We’re getting a Keanu Reeves prestige TV series: Erik Larson’s Devil in the White City

By Jonny Diamond | August 4, 2022

The spiritual sequel to <em>In Bruges</em> has arrived.

The spiritual sequel to In Bruges has arrived.

By Dan Sheehan | August 4, 2022

How to Adapt Edith Wharton: In Praise of Terence Davies’s <em>The House of Mirth</em>

How to Adapt Edith Wharton: In Praise of Terence Davies’s The House of Mirth

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Check out the trailer for Joyce Carol Oates/Ana de Armas collab <em>Blonde</em>.

Check out the trailer for Joyce Carol Oates/Ana de Armas collab Blonde.

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The Most Impossible Art: Anime, Literature, and the New Aesthetic Imagination

The Most Impossible Art: Anime, Literature, and the New Aesthetic Imagination

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Meet Elinor Glyn, “Shocker of Grandmothers” and Founder of the Modern Sex Novel

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