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<em>Rebel in the Rye</em> is Bad for Writers

Rebel in the Rye is Bad for Writers

Danny Strong's Salinger Biopic is One Big Cliché

By Emily Temple | September 8, 2017

Too Smart or Too Pretty? The Anne of Green Gables Paradox

Too Smart or Too Pretty? The Anne of Green Gables Paradox

Elisa Gabbert on TV Beauty and Growing Up Gifted

By Elisa Gabbert | August 29, 2017

Is <em>The Dark Tower</em> the Worst Stephen King Movie Ever?

Is The Dark Tower the Worst Stephen King Movie Ever?

On Solipsistic Storytelling and the Limits of King-as-Genre

By J.W. McCormack | August 11, 2017

Tolkien and Salinger: Basically Twins

Tolkien and Salinger: Basically Twins

And Other Literary Film and TV News from this Week

By Emily Temple | July 28, 2017

Agatha Christie Is Taking Over All Your Screens

Agatha Christie Is Taking Over All Your Screens

And Other Literary Film and Television News

By Emily Temple | July 21, 2017

Blood on the Big Screen: A Lady Macbeth Who Does the Killing

Blood on the Big Screen: A Lady Macbeth Who Does the Killing

An Adaptation of an Adaptation of the Scottish Play

By Emily Temple | July 18, 2017

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Black Mirror to be a Book, Shakespeare to be a Punk

By Emily Temple | June 16, 2017

Ta-Nehisi Coates is Writing a Movie & Terry Gilliam Might Finish Don Quixote

By Emily Temple | June 9, 2017

Every Ending is a Kind of Apocalypse: On Belief and The Leftovers

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Dick Whitman Reads Walt Whitman and <em>Two</em> Great Lit Movie Trailers

Dick Whitman Reads Walt Whitman and Two Great Lit Movie Trailers

The Week in Literary Film and TV News

By Emily Temple | June 2, 2017

The Week in Literary Film and TV News

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Colette, Homer, Margaret Atwood, Mary Beth Keane

By Emily Temple | May 26, 2017

An Incomplete Guide to Literary References in <em>Twin Peaks</em>

An Incomplete Guide to Literary References in Twin Peaks

Or: a compendium of stylish books on Tibet

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How <em>Girlboss</em> Tries and Fails to Be a Millennial <em>Mary Tyler Moore Show</em>

How Girlboss Tries and Fails to Be a Millennial Mary Tyler Moore Show

a monument to capitalism dressed up as a sitcom

By Emily Harnett | May 23, 2017

The Week in Literary Film and TV News

The Week in Literary Film and TV News

Frank Bill, Roald Dahl, Kevin Kwan, Andy Weir

By Emily Temple | May 12, 2017

The Week in Literary Film and TV News

The Week in Literary Film and TV News

Agatha Christie, Margaret Atwood, Chad Harbach, Anne Rice, & More

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