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Reckoning with the Memory of Jonas Mekas, Godfather of Avant-Garde Cinema

Reckoning with the Memory of Jonas Mekas, Godfather of Avant-Garde Cinema

“I saw no reason to doubt Mekas’s story: hadn’t he written it all down in his diaries and told it in his films?”

By Peter Delpeut | July 22, 2022

8 Women Directors from Around the World You Should Be Watching

8 Women Directors from Around the World You Should Be Watching

David Jenkins on Ava DuVernay, Isabel Sandoval, and More

By David Jenkins | July 21, 2022

How Madame Mao Remade Hollywood For Chinese Audiences

How Madame Mao Remade Hollywood For Chinese Audiences

Ying Zhu on Jiang Qing's Influence On Mid-Century Chinese Film

By Ying Zhu | July 21, 2022

Fun fact: Zadie Smith's younger brother is in the bad Austen adaptation.

Fun fact: Zadie Smith's younger brother is in the bad Austen adaptation.

By Emily Temple | July 20, 2022

How a <em>Lord of the Rings</em> and Dungeons & Dragons Crossover Almost Happened

How a Lord of the Rings and Dungeons & Dragons Crossover Almost Happened

Ben Riggs on Missed Possibilities in the World of Roleplay Gaming

By Ben Riggs | July 20, 2022

Bad Hollywood: A Reading List to Understand Harvey Weinstein’s Twisted World

Bad Hollywood: A Reading List to Understand Harvey Weinstein’s Twisted World

Ken Auletta Recommends Ronan Farrow, William Goldman, and More

By Ken Auletta | July 20, 2022

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From Fleabag to Persuasion, the Rise of the Mussy-Haired, Self-Hating Sarcasm Machine

By Emmeline Clein | July 15, 2022

How Rummaging Through Oliver Stone’s Home Office Allowed a Young Rafael Agustín to Imagine Being a Writer

By Rafael Agustin | July 15, 2022

The Ocean is a Lesbian: Notes on Queer Women and Water

By Julia Armfield | July 12, 2022

What Does the Harvey Weinstein Story Tell Us About the Culture of Silence in Hollywood and America?

What Does the Harvey Weinstein Story Tell Us About the Culture of Silence in Hollywood and America?

Ken Auletta in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | July 12, 2022

Robert Gottlieb on the Enigma of Greta Garbo

Robert Gottlieb on the Enigma of Greta Garbo

This Week From the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

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Who is Fire Island for? On the Currency of Reading (and Six Packs) in Pines Society

Who is Fire Island for? On the Currency of Reading (and Six Packs) in Pines Society

How Joel Kim Booster’s Rom-Com Engages with Literary History

By Jack Parlett | July 8, 2022

The brothers behind <em>Stranger Things</em> are adapting Stephen King for Netflix.

The brothers behind Stranger Things are adapting Stephen King for Netflix.

By Jonny Diamond | July 7, 2022

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.

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