How Modern Storytelling Uses Aliens to Talk About Humanity

How Modern Storytelling Uses Aliens to Talk About Humanity

Mike Chen on the Power of Allegory in Science Fiction

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Let's remember when <em>The Simpsons</em> did

Let's remember when The Simpsons did "The Raven."

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Watch the new trailer for the third season of <em>My Brilliant Friend</em>.

Watch the new trailer for the third season of My Brilliant Friend.

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We’re All Just Extras Here: Wandering the Back Streets of Old Hollywood

We’re All Just Extras Here: Wandering the Back Streets of Old Hollywood

David L. Ulin Traces a Season of Displacement in Old Los Angeles

By David L. Ulin | January 26, 2022

Let’s Talk About Bruno: In <em>Encanto</em>’s OCD Allegory, the Weird Brother Deserves Better

Let’s Talk About Bruno: In Encanto’s OCD Allegory, the Weird Brother Deserves Better

What Rachel May Wants People to Know About Living with OCD

By Rachel May | January 26, 2022

“Holy shit, did you just say that out loud?” Maggie Gyllenhaal on Ferrante’s novels.

“Holy shit, did you just say that out loud?” Maggie Gyllenhaal on Ferrante’s novels.

By Walker Caplan | January 25, 2022

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Words to Live By: The Collective Wisdom of <em>The Golden Girls</em>

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“The Uterus and the American Dream.” Art-Making and Domestic Labor in <em>Bergman Island</em>

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Mira Ptacin on Mia Hansen-Løve’s New Film

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Feeling Seen in <em>Sort Of</em>: On Queer Feelings and the Company of Others

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Aanchal Saraf on the Power of Art By and About Trans People of Color

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Watching <em>My Neighbor Totoro</em> on the Eve of My Daughters’ Omicron-Surge Return to School

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Anri Wheeler Muses on What It Means to Live Communally

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<em>The Tragedy of Macbeth</em> is a Breathtaking Exercise in Transformation

The Tragedy of Macbeth is a Breathtaking Exercise in Transformation

Olivia Rutigliano on Joel Coen’s New Shakespearean Adaptation

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