Why Did It Take So Long for <em>Star Trek</em> to Embrace Queer Characters?

Why Did It Take So Long for Star Trek to Embrace Queer Characters?

only used analogies to talk about queerness."">"It’s bewildering yet predictable that prior to the 21st century, Trek only used analogies to talk about queerness."

By Ryan Britt | May 31, 2022

<em>Frances Ha</em> is All Grown Up

Frances Ha is All Grown Up

Olivia Rutigliano on the Greta Gerwig Coming-of-Age Comedy Ten Years Later

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 27, 2022

When London Got the Marilyn Monroe Fever

When London Got the Marilyn Monroe Fever

“And so started a summer of Brits, young and old, doing everything they could to be just like Marilyn.”

By Michelle Morgan | May 27, 2022

Is <em>The Godfather</em> the Greatest Story of US Immigration Ever Committed to Film?

Is The Godfather the Greatest Story of US Immigration Ever Committed to Film?

Laila Lalami in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | May 26, 2022

Remembering (And Mourning) The Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington D.C.

Remembering (And Mourning) The Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington D.C.

George Stevens, Jr. in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 25, 2022

Elizabeth Hardwick on the Capable Coolness of Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Hardwick on the Capable Coolness of Faye Dunaway

“She seems to be expressing a solitariness that is unusual, anti-romantic.”

By Elizabeth Hardwick | May 23, 2022

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Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey on Finding Creative Freedom in <em>The Office</em>

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George Saunders meets Thor in the first trailer for <em>Spiderhead</em>.

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On the Politics of Caste and Feminine Joy in Satyajit Ray’s Classic <em>Charulata</em>

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TANAÏS on How the Narratives of Muslim Women and Femmes Are Not Merely About Representation

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What are these serial killer subplots doing in Nora Ephron movies?

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Hulu’s <em>Conversations with Friends</em> Captures the Quintessential Rooney Longing, if Not Much Else

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Nylah Burton on the Newest Addition to the Sally Rooneyverse

By Nylah Burton | May 13, 2022

Chelsea Bieker on the Problematic Use of Pursuit in <em>Sleeping With the Enemy</em>

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Notes from a Prop Master: Making the Book of Secrets for <em>National Treasure 2</em>

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Ross MacDonald on the Hollywood Tradition of “Big Scary Movie Books”

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