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Do the <em>Rings of Power</em> Creators Care About the Original Text at All? (Should We?)

Do the Rings of Power Creators Care About the Original Text at All? (Should We?)

Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth (Wearily) Recap Episode 7

By Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth | October 7, 2022

<em>Amsterdam</em> is an Overstuffed, Inchoate Whodunnit

Amsterdam is an Overstuffed, Inchoate Whodunnit

Olivia Rutigliano on David O. Russell's New Film, “a Clown Car of Talent on the Road to Nowhere”

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 7, 2022

Another Dumb <em>Blonde</em>: On the Controversial Adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’s Epic Novel

Another Dumb Blonde: On the Controversial Adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’s Epic Novel

“Is the problem with Blonde... Blonde?”

By Heidi Seaborn | October 6, 2022

Literary Dispatches from the New York Film Festival

Literary Dispatches from the New York Film Festival

Or, What’s Worth Seeing in Theaters (and at Home) Over the Next Few Months

By Elissa Suh | October 6, 2022

Why There Are No Clear Heroes or Villains in <em>Princess Mononoke</em>

Why There Are No Clear Heroes or Villains in Princess Mononoke

Ryan Lee Wong in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | October 6, 2022

What Woody Allen’s <em>Manhattan</em> Tells Us About Society’s Relationship With Powerful Men

What Woody Allen’s Manhattan Tells Us About Society’s Relationship With Powerful Men

Erin Keane On Undoing Self-Made Cinematic and Family Myths

By Erin Keane | October 5, 2022

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By Emily Temple | September 30, 2022

Everything Dies Baby, That’s a Fact: On the Elusive Train Dreams of Claire Denis and Mike Brodie

Everything Dies Baby, That’s a Fact: On the Elusive Train Dreams of Claire Denis and Mike Brodie

“Most memories die and most objects are lost, many by design.”

By Drew Johnson | September 30, 2022

<em>The Rings of Power</em>: Great Television or Deflating Entry to the Tolkien Canon?

The Rings of Power: Great Television or Deflating Entry to the Tolkien Canon?

With Episode 6, Our Intrepid Guides—a Tolkien Devotee and a Fantasy Philistine—Find Themselves Divided

By Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth | September 30, 2022

What’s the Point of a Prequel When We All Know Things End Badly?

What’s the Point of a Prequel When We All Know Things End Badly?

Matthew Redmond on the Reading Lessons of Better Call Saul and House of the Dragon

By Matthew Redmond | September 30, 2022

Celebrating One-Note Men in <em>Legally Blonde</em>

Celebrating One-Note Men in Legally Blonde

Sophia Benoit in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

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How Ross McCall Prepared for His Role in <em>Band of Brothers</em>

How Ross McCall Prepared for His Role in Band of Brothers

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | September 29, 2022

David Milch on Language and Obscenity in <em>Deadwood</em>

David Milch on Language and Obscenity in Deadwood

The Series Creator on Westerns, Civility, and Iambic Pentameter

By David Milch | September 28, 2022

The Slow Reveal of Obvious Things: On Olivia Wilde’s Much Talked-About Film, <em>Don’t Worry Darling</em>

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