Why a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Porn Industry Is the Feminist Film I Needed

Why a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Porn Industry Is the Feminist Film I Needed

Laura Valenza on Pleasure, Power, and Visions of the Future

By Laura Valenza | July 7, 2022

Ron Shelton on Making <em>Bull Durham</em>, Getting Threatened by Thomas Pynchon, and Why Baseball is the Most Literary Sport

Ron Shelton on Making Bull Durham, Getting Threatened by Thomas Pynchon, and Why Baseball is the Most Literary Sport

Three Decades Later, the Writer and Director Looks Back at How It All Got Started

By Dwyer Murphy | July 7, 2022

The perfect summer movie, according to eight writers.

The perfect summer movie, according to eight writers.

By Eliza Smith | July 6, 2022

William Faulkner's favorite TV show was a sitcom about dopey cops in the Bronx.

William Faulkner's favorite TV show was a sitcom about dopey cops in the Bronx.

By Emily Temple | July 5, 2022

Aristotle Can Teach Us Everything We Need to Know About Screenwriting

Aristotle Can Teach Us Everything We Need to Know About Screenwriting

Brian Price Guests on The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

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The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in July

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in July

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Why Films Around the World Are Turning to Time Travel to Explore Mothers and Daughters

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Meg Walters on Petite Maman, Russian Doll, and Hi, Mom

By Meg Walters | June 22, 2022

Sera Gamble on Rejection, Writing, and the Surreality of Having 50 Million People Hear Her College Poetry

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Jessie Gaynor Talks to the Showrunner of The Magicians and You

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Does George Saunders’s <em>Escape From Spiderhead</em> Stand Up on Film?

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Jonathan Russell Clark on Netflix’s $100 Million Adaptation of a Beloved Short Story

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Turns Out, 1980s Midwesterners Didn’t Want Their Sitcoms Set in Boston Bars

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