How to Fit Balzac’s Magnificent Universe Onto the Big Screen?

How to Fit Balzac’s Magnificent Universe Onto the Big Screen?

Drew Johnson on Lost Illusions (1843) and Lost Illusions (2021)

By Drew Johnson | June 13, 2022

It’s Harder to Break a Circle Than a Line: Anwen Crawford on Art and Acts of Resistance

It’s Harder to Break a Circle Than a Line: Anwen Crawford on Art and Acts of Resistance

“But what if the problem, I said, is capitalism?”

By Anwen Crawford | June 13, 2022

A24 is pivoting to children's books.

A24 is pivoting to children's books.

By Katie Yee | June 9, 2022

Mira Jacob on <em>Mississippi Masala</em> and Discovering Herself on Screen

Mira Jacob on Mississippi Masala and Discovering Herself on Screen

This Week on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | June 9, 2022

Ryan O’Connell on the Importance of Facing Rejection in the Sack and Finding His Voice in Hollywood

Ryan O’Connell on the Importance of Facing Rejection in the Sack and Finding His Voice in Hollywood

Greg Marshall Talks to the Star of Netflix's Special, aka the “Gay, Disabled Nancy Meyers”

By Greg Marshall | June 9, 2022

When Rob Reiner’s Alter Ego (Harry) Met Nora Ephron’s Alter Ego (Sally)

When Rob Reiner’s Alter Ego (Harry) Met Nora Ephron’s Alter Ego (Sally)

Kristin Marguerite Doidge Reveals the Real-Life Anecdotes Behind the Classic Rom-Com

By Kristin Marguerite Doidge | June 8, 2022

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Albert Serra’s Pacifiction is Deeply Unsettling—and Deeply Literary

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Claire Denis’s Stars at Noon is a Cunning Improvement on the Source Material

By Ryan Coleman | June 8, 2022

Is Noah Baumbach’s Netflix adaptation of Don DeLillo’s White Noise cursed?

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<em>We Were Dreamers</em> by Simu Liu, Read by the Author

We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu, Read by the Author

Discover the Marvel Actor’s Story

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The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in June

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in June

Featuring George Saunders, a Queer Pride and Prejudice, and More

By Eliza Smith | June 3, 2022

How <em>Hacks</em> Captures the Disconnect Between Two Generations of Feminism

How Hacks Captures the Disconnect Between Two Generations of Feminism

Alison B. Hart on the Sophomore Season of HBO Max’s Biting Comedy

By Alison B. Hart | June 3, 2022

Stephen King has some thoughts for the writers of <em>Stranger Things.</em>

Stephen King has some thoughts for the writers of Stranger Things.

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It’s a Man’s Art World: The Centuries-Long Struggle of the Leading Lady in <em>Rocco and His Brothers</em>

It’s a Man’s Art World: The Centuries-Long Struggle of the Leading Lady in Rocco and His Brothers

Laura Valenza on How Women in Italian Modern Art Become Symbolic of National Crisis

By Laura Valenza | June 2, 2022

In Praise of John Hughes, Patron Saint of Teenagers

In Praise of John Hughes, Patron Saint of Teenagers

Rachel Yoder Guests on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | June 2, 2022

Why Sofia Coppola Wanted to Make the (Admittedly Obnoxious) <em>Bling Ring</em>

Why Sofia Coppola Wanted to Make the (Admittedly Obnoxious) Bling Ring

“It was so repellent to me and it was repellent to her, too.”

By Hannah Strong | June 1, 2022

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