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On the Endless Symbolism of the Best Summer Movie Ever Made: <em>Jaws</em>

On the Endless Symbolism of the Best Summer Movie Ever Made: Jaws

And How It Owes Its Dark Soul to Moby-Dick

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 17, 2020

The 10 best sentences from Lorrie Moore's ecstatic anti-millennial review of <em>Normal People.</em>

The 10 best sentences from Lorrie Moore's ecstatic anti-millennial review of Normal People.

By Jonny Diamond | July 15, 2020

Is Mira Nair’s BBC adaptation of Vikram Seth’s <em>A Suitable Boy</em> the epic we need right now?

Is Mira Nair’s BBC adaptation of Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy the epic we need right now?

By Jonny Diamond | July 13, 2020

On Hilary Mantel's birthday, please enjoy her 1988 review of <em>RoboCop</em>.

On Hilary Mantel's birthday, please enjoy her 1988 review of RoboCop.

By Emily Temple | July 6, 2020

How the Author of <em>The Graduate</em> Walked Away From Middle-Class Mores

How the Author of The Graduate Walked Away From Middle-Class Mores

Beverly Gray on Charles Webb's Unexpected Life of Charity

By Beverly Gray | July 2, 2020

HBO just paid seven figures for the rights to Brit Bennett's <em>The Vanishing Half</em>.

HBO just paid seven figures for the rights to Brit Bennett's The Vanishing Half.

By Dan Sheehan | June 30, 2020

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Master and Margarita.">"This cannot be good." Baz Luhrmann on producing the maybe-cursed Master and Margarita.

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This Is Us Pursues Blackness, But Can It Find It?

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By Pamela Cohn | June 29, 2020

<em>Normal People</em> is returning, set 40 years in the future, as <em>Normal Older People</em>.

Normal People is returning, set 40 years in the future, as Normal Older People.

By Emily Temple | June 25, 2020

“The greatest sci-fi work of all time,” <em>Foundation</em>, finally has a YouTube trailer.

“The greatest sci-fi work of all time,” Foundation, finally has a YouTube trailer.

By Jonny Diamond | June 23, 2020

Learning Early From Hitchcock That Nightmares Can Be Real

Learning Early From Hitchcock That Nightmares Can Be Real

Sharon Dolin on the Fear and Dreams of Her Childhood

By Sharon Dolin | June 18, 2020

An Ode to <em>Valley of the Dolls</em>, Irresistible Train Wreck

An Ode to Valley of the Dolls, Irresistible Train Wreck

Stephen Rebello is Obsessed with Jacqueline Susann's "Classic"

By Stephen Rebello | June 18, 2020

Booker Prize-winner Bernardine Evaristo on tearing down the statues of slavers.

Booker Prize-winner Bernardine Evaristo on tearing down the statues of slavers.

By Dan Sheehan | June 16, 2020

Viet Thanh Nguyen is live-tweeting Spike Lee's new movie today.

Viet Thanh Nguyen is live-tweeting Spike Lee's new movie today.

By Aaron Robertson | June 16, 2020

Taking Lessons in Solitude from French Cinema

Taking Lessons in Solitude from French Cinema

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