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When Joan Rivers (Finally) Got Her Big Break

When Joan Rivers (Finally) Got Her Big Break

“Thirty-one years of people saying ‘no.’ Ten minutes on television and it was all over.”

By Shawn Levy | April 8, 2022

It’s Time to Reframe the Legacy of 70s Screenwriter Carole Eastman

It’s Time to Reframe the Legacy of 70s Screenwriter Carole Eastman

Chris Stanton on the Easy-to-Mythologize Reclusive Perfectionist

By Chris Stanton | April 7, 2022

In Praise of Tobey “Mopey” Maguire, Middle School Hero

In Praise of Tobey “Mopey” Maguire, Middle School Hero

Danya Kukafka in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on Open Form

By Open Form | April 7, 2022

James Bond’s War: On Ian Fleming’s Role in Espionage During World War II

James Bond’s War: On Ian Fleming’s Role in Espionage During World War II

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | April 6, 2022

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in April

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in April

It's a Gritty Month on the Small Screen

By Eliza Smith | April 1, 2022

Why Do We Have to Feel Good? On Michael Schur’s Cloying Moral Universe

Why Do We Have to Feel Good? On Michael Schur’s Cloying Moral Universe

Ariella Garmaise Considers the Instagram Infographic Approach to Ethics

By Ariella Garmaise | April 1, 2022

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Language is the True Protagonist of My Brilliant Friend’s Third Season

By Maria Albano | April 1, 2022

How Baldwin and Jenkins Capture Communal Black Love in If Beale Street Could Talk

By Open Form | March 31, 2022

On the “Secret” Wedding of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier

By Stephen Galloway | March 31, 2022

My Friend Roger: Taking a Master Class in Film During the Pandemic

My Friend Roger: Taking a Master Class in Film During the Pandemic

Beth Parker on a 14-Month-Long Communion with a Critic for the People

By Beth Parker | March 30, 2022

Why Margaret Thatcher Waged War on the BBC

Why Margaret Thatcher Waged War on the BBC

David Hendy on the Neoliberal Transformation of British Media in the 1980s

By David Hendy | March 30, 2022

What <em>Shark Tank</em> Tells Us About the Unreality of Life in America

What Shark Tank Tells Us About the Unreality of Life in America

Daniel Horowitz in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | March 29, 2022

Your Literary Guide to the 94th Academy Awards

Your Literary Guide to the 94th Academy Awards

What to Read and Who to Root for, According to Us

By Literary Hub | March 25, 2022

Steven Spielberg’s <em>West Side Story</em> is a Technical Masterpiece, Despite its Sprawling Script

Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is a Technical Masterpiece, Despite its Sprawling Script

Olivia Rutigliano on the Adaptation of a Classic Mid-Century Musical

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 25, 2022

The Great Jessie Buckley is One to Watch

The Great Jessie Buckley is One to Watch

The Lost Daughter ">Annie Berke in Praise of the "Supporting" Star of The Lost Daughter

By Annie Berke | March 25, 2022

Oscars Best Picture Spotlight: What to Read (and Watch) If You Liked <em>West Side Story</em>

Oscars Best Picture Spotlight: What to Read (and Watch) If You Liked West Side Story

Lit Hub’s Literary Countdown to the 94th Academy Awards

By Literary Hub | March 25, 2022

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