The Dark Side of an Auteur: On Alfred Hitchcock’s Treatment of Women

The Dark Side of an Auteur: On Alfred Hitchcock’s Treatment of Women

Edward White Looks at the Assault Allegations of Tippi Hedren and Others

By Edward White | April 26, 2021

LeVar Burton is your new <em>Jeopardy!</em> guest host.

LeVar Burton is your new Jeopardy! guest host.

By Vanessa Willoughby | April 22, 2021

Brit Bennett on <em>Undercover Brother</em> and the Bygone Comedy of Racial Misunderstanding

Brit Bennett on Undercover Brother and the Bygone Comedy of Racial Misunderstanding

Introducing Our New Film Podcast, Open Form, Hosted
by Mychal Denzel Smith

By Open Form | April 22, 2021

Antoine Fuqua is making a new, all-Black <em>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</em>.

Antoine Fuqua is making a new, all-Black Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

By Dan Sheehan | April 21, 2021

Introducing Our New Film Podcast, <em>Open Form</em>

Introducing Our New Film Podcast, Open Form

Hosted by Mychal Denzel Smith

By Open Form | April 21, 2021

This bucolic 1946 newsreel about Daphne Du Maurier could also be the beginning of a horror film.

This bucolic 1946 newsreel about Daphne Du Maurier could also be the beginning of a horror film.

By Dan Sheehan | April 20, 2021

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Dakota Johnson is set to star in Netflix’s film adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion.

By Walker Caplan | April 20, 2021

Monstrosity Plucked From Garbage Can: On Mae West’s early career as a controversial playwright.

By Walker Caplan | April 20, 2021

Watch Spalding Gray perform Our Town’s legendary opening monologue.

By Walker Caplan | April 16, 2021

An ode to Paul Bettany's mellifluous, magisterial turn as Chaucer in <em>A Knight's Tale</em>.

An ode to Paul Bettany's mellifluous, magisterial turn as Chaucer in A Knight's Tale.

By Emily Temple | April 16, 2021

Watch the stunning new trailer for <em>The Underground Railroad</em>.

Watch the stunning new trailer for The Underground Railroad.

By Vanessa Willoughby | April 15, 2021

This 1980 George Plimpton TV commercial for video games is a masterpiece.

This 1980 George Plimpton TV commercial for video games is a masterpiece.

By Jonny Diamond | April 14, 2021

Finding Hemingway: Seeing the Self Behind the Self-Mythologizer

Finding Hemingway: Seeing the Self Behind the Self-Mythologizer

Alex Thomas on Lynn Novick and Ken Burns’s New Documentary

By Alex Thomas | April 14, 2021

Natalie Portman is your new Ferrante heroine.

Natalie Portman is your new Ferrante heroine.

By Dan Sheehan | April 13, 2021

Watch Kathy Acker read from <em>The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec</em>.

Watch Kathy Acker read from The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec.

By Walker Caplan | April 12, 2021

On the Long Tradition of the Imitative Performance of Blackness

On the Long Tradition of the Imitative Performance of Blackness

Ayanna Thompson Considers the History of Minstrelsy, Racial Tropes, and the White Gaze

By Ayanna Thompson | April 12, 2021

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