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Chasing the Hollywood Dream: <br>A Reading List

Chasing the Hollywood Dream:
A Reading List

Katherine St. John and Books That Bring Celebrity to Life

By Katherine St. John | May 14, 2021

Beyond Good and Evil: Reconsidering the Toxic Myth of the “Transgressive” Artist

Beyond Good and Evil: Reconsidering the Toxic Myth of the “Transgressive” Artist

Martha C. Nussbaum on What We Forgive in the Name of Art

By Martha C. Nussbaum | May 13, 2021

“Why Are You Doing This?” On Mountaineering in the 21st Century

“Why Are You Doing This?” On Mountaineering in the 21st Century

Margret Grebowicz Looks at the Corporate-Capitalist World of Adventuring

By Margret Grebowicz | May 13, 2021

Nate Marshall on Robert Townsend... Greatest American Filmmaker?

Nate Marshall on Robert Townsend... Greatest American Filmmaker?

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith
on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | May 13, 2021

The Stephen King cinematic universe will devour us all.

The Stephen King cinematic universe will devour us all.

By Dan Sheehan | May 12, 2021

The first trailer for <em>The Green Knight</em> looks awesome.

The first trailer for The Green Knight looks awesome.

By Dan Sheehan | May 11, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • The Great Wherever
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • The Simp: A Novel Without a Hero

How Pretty in Pink Star Andrew McCarthy Became an (Unlikely) Teen Heartthrob

By Andrew McCarthy | May 11, 2021

About all those unproduced screenplays William Faulkner wrote . . .

By Walker Caplan | May 10, 2021

Substance If Not Style: On the Radical Similarities of Alice Munro and Pedro Almodóvar

By Veronica Esposito | May 10, 2021

Finally, a movie that proves being good with words will get you laid.

Finally, a movie that proves being good with words will get you laid.

By Katie Yee | May 7, 2021

On the greatest-ever H. G. Wells adaptation, in which Jack the Ripper escapes . . . to the future.

On the greatest-ever H. G. Wells adaptation, in which Jack the Ripper escapes . . . to the future.

By Dan Sheehan | May 7, 2021

Greta Lee will write and star in A24's TV adaptation of Cathy Park Hong’s <em>Minor Feelings</em>.

Greta Lee will write and star in A24's TV adaptation of Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings.

By Walker Caplan | May 6, 2021

How <em>Hunt for the Wilderpeople</em> Subverts Both the Orphan Trope and the Buddy Comedy

How Hunt for the Wilderpeople Subverts Both the Orphan Trope and the Buddy Comedy

Nadia Owusu in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith
on Open Form

By Open Form | May 6, 2021

How to make writing easier, according to one of comedy's greatest minds. (Hint: it involves elves.)

How to make writing easier, according to one of comedy's greatest minds. (Hint: it involves elves.)

By Walker Caplan | May 3, 2021

Are We Circling Back to an Era of Quieter, Socially Aware Filmmaking?

Are We Circling Back to an Era of Quieter, Socially Aware Filmmaking?

Ron Brownstein in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 3, 2021

Akwaeke Emezi’s forthcoming romance novel will be an Amazon Studios film.

Akwaeke Emezi’s forthcoming romance novel will be an Amazon Studios film.

By Walker Caplan | April 29, 2021

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