Monstrosity Plucked From Garbage Can: On Mae West’s early career as a controversial playwright.

Monstrosity Plucked From Garbage Can: On Mae West’s early career as a controversial playwright.

By Walker Caplan | April 20, 2021

Watch Spalding Gray perform <em>Our Town</em>’s legendary opening monologue.

Watch Spalding Gray perform Our Town’s legendary opening monologue.

By Walker Caplan | April 16, 2021

An ode to Paul Bettany's mellifluous, magisterial turn as Chaucer in <em>A Knight's Tale</em>.

An ode to Paul Bettany's mellifluous, magisterial turn as Chaucer in A Knight's Tale.

By Emily Temple | April 16, 2021

Watch the stunning new trailer for <em>The Underground Railroad</em>.

Watch the stunning new trailer for The Underground Railroad.

By Vanessa Willoughby | April 15, 2021

This 1980 George Plimpton TV commercial for video games is a masterpiece.

This 1980 George Plimpton TV commercial for video games is a masterpiece.

By Jonny Diamond | April 14, 2021

Finding Hemingway: Seeing the Self Behind the Self-Mythologizer

Finding Hemingway: Seeing the Self Behind the Self-Mythologizer

Alex Thomas on Lynn Novick and Ken Burns’s New Documentary

By Alex Thomas | April 14, 2021

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By Dan Sheehan | April 13, 2021

Watch Kathy Acker read from The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec.

By Walker Caplan | April 12, 2021

On the Long Tradition of the Imitative Performance of Blackness

By Ayanna Thompson | April 12, 2021

Amy Solomon and Aparna Nancherla on the Intersection of Comedy and Anxiety

Amy Solomon and Aparna Nancherla on the Intersection of Comedy and Anxiety

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | April 8, 2021

Park Chan-wook is directing a TV adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s <em>The Sympathizer</em>.

Park Chan-wook is directing a TV adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer.

By Walker Caplan | April 7, 2021

The Gospel of Neo: How <em>The Matrix</em> Paved the Way for the Marvel Universe

The Gospel of Neo: How The Matrix Paved the Way for the Marvel Universe

Kim Taylor-Foster on the Cultural Impact of the Wachowskis’ Now Classic Trilogy

By Kim Taylor-Foster | April 7, 2021

Watch this endearingly low-budget Soviet TV adaptation of <em>Lord of the Rings</em>.

Watch this endearingly low-budget Soviet TV adaptation of Lord of the Rings.

By Vanessa Willoughby | April 6, 2021

Get a tour of Leonora Carrington's Mexico City home and workspace.

Get a tour of Leonora Carrington's Mexico City home and workspace.

By Emily Temple | April 6, 2021

How Tony Soprano Inaugurated a New (and Raw) Version of Masculinity

How Tony Soprano Inaugurated a New (and Raw) Version of Masculinity

Susan Bordo on One of Pop Culture's Most Well-Known Mob Bosses

By Susan Bordo | April 6, 2021

Randall Park is directing a film adaptation of Adrian Tomine's <em>Shortcomings</em>.

Randall Park is directing a film adaptation of Adrian Tomine's Shortcomings.

By Dan Sheehan | March 31, 2021

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