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<em>Slow Horses</em>, Starring Gary Oldman, is Worth the Slow Burn

Slow Horses, Starring Gary Oldman, is Worth the Slow Burn

Come for the Spy Drama’s Creative Pedigree, Stay for the Deeply Bleak Comedy of Spycraft Gone Goblin Mode

By Alexis Gunderson | April 8, 2022

The Powerful Impact of Digital Media on Mass Shootings

The Powerful Impact of Digital Media on Mass Shootings

Mark Follman on Misinformation, Sensational Headlines, and Threat Assessment

By Mark Follman | April 8, 2022

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

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

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

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How Baldwin and Jenkins Capture Communal Black Love in <em>If Beale Street Could Talk</em>

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

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By Open Form | March 31, 2022

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

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

Or, When the Prude, the Filmmaker, and the Lovers Roadtripped to Santa Barbara

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

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