• Film and TV

    Feature

    We the Animals is the Ideal Literary Adaptation

    By Emily Temple  August 14, 2018
    Excerpts

    Watch a Mansplain-y Scene from the Adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s The Wife

    By Emily Temple  August 2, 2018
    Feature

    13 Literary Writers Who Have Adapted Other People’s Books for the Screen

    By Emily Temple  July 26, 2018
    Deep Dive

    Toward a Theory of Radical Corniness

    By Eric Thurm  July 20, 2018
    Criticism

    Does The Handmaid’s Tale Want Us to Empathize with Ivanka Trump?

    By Rachel Vorona Cote  July 12, 2018
    Biography

    David Lynch on the Dark Side of Fifties Suburbia

    By David Lynch  July 10, 2018
    Criticism

    Why Was 90s TV Full of Violence Against Women?

    By Allison Yarrow  July 9, 2018
    Feature

    The Philosophy of Romantic Comedy

    By Eric Thurm  June 29, 2018
    Film

    In Praise of an Afternoon at the Movies

    By Donna Masini  June 11, 2018
    Excerpts

    How Vanya on 42nd Street Captured a Changing New York City

    By Andy Merrifield  June 8, 2018
    Criticism

    A Conflicted Feminist Revenge Fantasy for the #MeToo Era

    By Eric Thurm  June 5, 2018
    Criticism

    “If A Clockwork Orange Can Corrupt, Why Not Shakespeare and the Bible?”

    By Anthony Burgess  May 30, 2018
    Deep Dive

    The Inherent Anxiety of the “Good Cop” Show

    By Eric Thurm  May 21, 2018
    Essay

    The Sublime, Ugly Agony of Patrick Melrose

    By Emily Temple  May 14, 2018
    Feature

    The 20 Best Literary Adaptations to Watch on Netflix Tonight

    By Emily Temple  May 4, 2018
    Feature

    50 Fictional Writers, Ranked

    By Emily Temple  May 1, 2018
    Deep Dive

    If Reality TV is Superficial, Why Does It Make Me Feel So Much?

    By Lucas Mann  May 1, 2018
    Deep Dive

    The First Film Ever Streamed on the Internet is Kind of Crazy

    By Joshua Wheeler  April 30, 2018
    Deep Dive

    200 Years of Frankenstein On Stage and Onscreen

    By Iris Veysey  April 27, 2018
    Feature

    The Strange Cinematic History of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    By Craig Hubert  April 27, 2018
    Feature

    The Best 90s Screen Adaptations of Shakespeare, Ranked

    By Emily Temple  April 23, 2018
    Feature

    How Should a Literary Adaptation Be? We Asked the Critics for the Answer

    By Kristen Evans  March 29, 2018
    Criticism

    It’s Time for TV to Eat the Rich

    By Eric Thurm  March 26, 2018
    Essay

    Is the Quest for an Ethical Reality Show Doomed?

    By Eric Thurm  March 7, 2018
    Feature

    If They Gave Oscars to Books, Our 2017 Nominees

    By Emily Temple  March 2, 2018
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