• Film and TV

    TV

    Will Self: Claire Foy Will Always Be My Queen

    By Will Self  November 14, 2019
    Teachers

    High School Crush: On Literary Longing and Misdirected Lust

    By Janet Manley  November 13, 2019
    The Hub

    Attention: Kevin Wilson’s novel about twins that spontaneously combust is going to be a movie.

    By Katie Yee  November 12, 2019
    The Hub

    Have you seen the horrifying trailer for The Invisible Man?

    By Dan Sheehan  November 8, 2019
    Feminism

    Inside the Early Struggles of the Women Who Built Disney

    By Nathalia Holt  November 8, 2019
    Film

    Did This Iconic 1962 Short Film Show Us Our Dark Future?

    By David L. Ulin  November 7, 2019
    Film

    Andy Serkis’s Gollum Was the Best Thing About The Lord of the Rings

    By Michael Newton  November 7, 2019
    Criticism

    On the Radically Compassionate Films of Ai Weiwei and Agnès Varda

    By Curtis White  November 7, 2019
    The Hub

    An early look at the adaptation of Normal People, with commentary from my Irish colleagues.

    By Emily Temple  October 31, 2019
    Horror

    The Terror Behind the Mask

    By Tyler Malone  October 31, 2019
    Humor

    John Hodgman: The Time Everyone Said I Looked Like Hitler

    By John Hodgman  October 28, 2019
    Icons

    The Gloriously Understated Career of Elaine Stritch

    By Alexandra Jacobs  October 22, 2019
    Community

    From Burning Man to Industrial Rome, Gift-Giving as Ritualized, Collective Offering

    By Lewis Hyde  October 21, 2019
    Theater

    Gary Janetti on Patti LuPone

    By Gary Janetti  October 19, 2019
    Nice and Accurate Rankings

    50 Fictional Librarians, Ranked

    By Emily Temple  October 16, 2019
    Activism

    On the Activism of Marlon Brando, Before the Fame

    By William J. Mann  October 11, 2019
    Culture

    On the Radical Misremembering of Childhood

    By Joanna Howard  October 10, 2019
    The Hub

    The Booksellers is a fascinating look into the world of rare book dealers.

    By Joseph Pomp  October 4, 2019
    Celebrity

    Fatima Bhutto on Bollywood’s ‘Most Unlikely Hero’

    By Fatima Bhutto  September 27, 2019
    The Hub

    Oh yes, Fleabag’s Hot Priest is your new Tom Ripley.

    By Emily Temple  September 26, 2019
    Acting

    Why You Shouldn’t Cross Meryl Streep on a Film Set

    By Erin Carlson  September 25, 2019
    TV

    The Reality of Post-Chernobyl Life: Way More Complicated Than a TV Show

    By Katya Cengel  September 20, 2019
    Film

    What Are We Saying When We Grant a Movie ‘Universal’ Status?

    By Simon Han  September 13, 2019
    The Hub

    Watch the creepy first trailer for Dublin Murders, based on Tana French’s novels.

    By Dan Sheehan  September 12, 2019
    The Hub

    The first reviews of The Goldfinch are…not good.

    By Dan Sheehan  September 9, 2019
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