Alan Cumming’s new memoir, set to publish in October, focuses on his life in Hollywood.

Alan Cumming’s new memoir, set to publish in October, focuses on his life in Hollywood.

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Robert McKee on the Design of a Character Universe

Robert McKee on the Design of a Character Universe

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Get in the mood for summer with Maya Angelou's 1957 performance of calypso hit

Get in the mood for summer with Maya Angelou's 1957 performance of calypso hit "Run Joe."

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Hermione Hoby on the Anarchic Silliness of Vera Chytilová's <em>Daisies</em>

Hermione Hoby on the Anarchic Silliness of Vera Chytilová's Daisies

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith
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By Open Form | May 27, 2021

These are the only <em>Anna Karenina</em> adaptations you actually need to know about.

These are the only Anna Karenina adaptations you actually need to know about.

By Dan Sheehan | May 26, 2021

How Rewatching an 80s Film With My Mom Informed My Politics on Motherhood and Time

How Rewatching an 80s Film With My Mom Informed My Politics on Motherhood and Time

Michael Koresky Reconsiders Baby Boom

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<em>Bob's Burgers</em> is the most literary TV show ever. (Arguably, anyway.)

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How Does a Book Get Adapted for TV or Film?

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R.O. Kwon on the Joy of Seeing a New Kind of Korean Childhood in <em>Minari</em>

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Mary South's nursing home phone-sex short story is getting the Hollywood treatment.

Mary South's nursing home phone-sex short story is getting the Hollywood treatment.

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Nick Ebeling on the Enigma of Dennis Hopper, an “Outsider's Insider”

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Why Are Creepy Children So Compelling?

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Barry Jenkins’ <em>Underground Railroad</em> is Even More Challenging Than the Novel

Barry Jenkins’ Underground Railroad is Even More Challenging Than the Novel

You Will Not Be Able to Look Away

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