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Was <em>You’ve Got Mail</em> Trying to Warn Us About the Internet? (Or Telling Us to Give Up?)

Was You’ve Got Mail Trying to Warn Us About the Internet? (Or Telling Us to Give Up?)

Olivia Rutigliano on the Rise of Amazon.com, Corporate Homogenization, and the 90s Rom Com in the Middle of It All

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 20, 2022

Is <em>Pearl Harbor</em> a Film of Propaganda?

Is Pearl Harbor a Film of Propaganda?

Joseph Han in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | May 19, 2022

When Sidney Poitier Went to the Moscow Film Festival

When Sidney Poitier Went to the Moscow Film Festival

George Stevens, Jr. on Cold War Cultural Diplomacy Behind the Iron Curtain

By George Stevens, Jr. | May 19, 2022

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

Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey on Finding Creative Freedom in The Office

Or, How Angela Martin Became a “Crazy Cat Lady”

By Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey | May 18, 2022

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

George Saunders meets Thor in the first trailer for Spiderhead.

By Dan Sheehan | May 17, 2022

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

On the Politics of Caste and Feminine Joy in Satyajit Ray’s Classic Charulata

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

By TANAÏS | May 17, 2022

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

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 13, 2022

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

By Nylah Burton | May 13, 2022

Chelsea Bieker on the Problematic Use of Pursuit in Sleeping With the Enemy

By Open Form | May 12, 2022

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

Notes from a Prop Master: Making the Book of Secrets for National Treasure 2

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

By Ross MacDonald | May 11, 2022

Minnie Driver on Walking Out of a (Pervy, Humiliating) Audition

Minnie Driver on Walking Out of a (Pervy, Humiliating) Audition

"Realizing there was nowhere to spit out the chocolate, I did what so many women do in the name of pleasing men, and I swallowed."

By Minnie Driver | May 10, 2022

How <em>Ten Percent</em>, Like <em>Call My Agent!</em> Before it, Turns Celebrity Into Text

How Ten Percent, Like Call My Agent! Before it, Turns Celebrity Into Text

Alexis Gunderson on the British Remake of the Campy Celebrity Send-up

By Alexis Gunderson | May 9, 2022

<em>Ten Steps to Nanette</em> by Hannah Gadsby, Read by the Author

Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby, Read by the Author

Don’t Miss This Audiobook

By Behind the Mic | May 9, 2022

Leslie Jamison on the Role of the Graspy Grad Student in <em>Midsommar</em>

Leslie Jamison on the Role of the Graspy Grad Student in Midsommar

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | May 5, 2022

It looks like filming is going to start on Ocean Vuong’s beloved debut novel.

It looks like filming is going to start on Ocean Vuong’s beloved debut novel.

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<em>Happening</em> Captures the Horrifying Everydayness of Illegal Abortion

Happening Captures the Horrifying Everydayness of Illegal Abortion

Caroline Godard on the Film Adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s 2000 Memoir

By Caroline Godard | May 4, 2022

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