• Film and TV

    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
    The Hub

    Margaret Atwood is the second (!) novelist to make the cover of TIME this year.

    By Emily Temple  September 4, 2019
    The Hub

    Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea books to be made into a TV series.

    By Jonny Diamond  September 4, 2019
    Movies

    Reading With the Stars of Old Hollywood

    By Steven Rea  September 4, 2019
    The Hub

    The Best Book You Can Find in a Hospital Gift Shop Is About To Become a TV Show

    By Olivia Rutigliano  August 28, 2019
    Film

    How Martin Scorsese Straddled Hollywood and Auteur Filmmaking

    By Paul Lopes  August 26, 2019
    The Hub

    Edward Norton’s reinterpretation of Motherless Brooklyn actually looks great.

    By Emily Temple  August 22, 2019
    The Hub

    The Matrix 4 is happening, and Aleksandar Hemon and David Mitchell wrote the script.

    By Emily Temple  August 20, 2019
    The Hub

    Meryl Streep to star in a new Steven Soderbergh film written by Deborah Eisenberg!

    By Jonny Diamond  August 20, 2019
    Screenwriters

    Walter Mosley in Conversation with Legendary Filmmaker Walter Bernstein

    By Walter Mosley  August 20, 2019
    The Hub

    Tolkien’s estate to Amazon: “You shall not pass” (the Second Age).

    By Dan Sheehan  August 9, 2019
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Why Babylon 5 Nearly Didn’t Make It Onto TV

    By J. Michael Straczynski  August 8, 2019
    The Hub

    Don’t forget to watch the Ursula K. Le Guin documentary tomorrow night.

    By Jonny Diamond  August 1, 2019
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