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The Exorcist.">The Exorcist.">

The Exorcist.">"It has absolutely nothing going for it, except Satan." Read James Baldwin on The Exorcist.

By Emily Temple | August 2, 2022

An ode to the grumpy writer in <em>The Princess Diaries</em>.

An ode to the grumpy writer in The Princess Diaries.

By Katie Yee | July 29, 2022

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in August

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in August

"The only thing that kept me going was stories."

By Emily Temple | July 29, 2022

The Childfree Effigy: On <em>Network</em>’s Diana and the Tropes That Betray Women

The Childfree Effigy: On Network’s Diana and the Tropes That Betray Women

“The world must think women without children, like me, sob through breakfast, bed three men after lunch, or pulverize lives for fun.”

By Felice Arenas | July 29, 2022

From <em>A Hard Day’s Night</em> to <em>This Is Spinal Tap</em>: The Big Tent of Rock and Roll on Film

From A Hard Day’s Night to This Is Spinal Tap: The Big Tent of Rock and Roll on Film

Fred Goodman on the Evolution of the Rock and Roll Movie

By Fred Goodman | July 28, 2022

The Most Impossible Art: Anime, Literature, and the New Aesthetic Imagination

The Most Impossible Art: Anime, Literature, and the New Aesthetic Imagination

Lio Min Explores Gender and Sexuality with the Boundary-Pushing Possibilities of Anime

By Lio Min | July 28, 2022

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Actually, Killing a Dog Was More Than Enough to Justify John Wick’s Revenge Quest

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Reckoning with the Memory of Jonas Mekas, Godfather of Avant-Garde Cinema

Reckoning with the Memory of Jonas Mekas, Godfather of Avant-Garde Cinema

“I saw no reason to doubt Mekas’s story: hadn’t he written it all down in his diaries and told it in his films?”

By Peter Delpeut | July 22, 2022

How Madame Mao Remade Hollywood For Chinese Audiences

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Ying Zhu on Jiang Qing's Influence On Mid-Century Chinese Film

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Fun fact: Zadie Smith's younger brother is in the bad Austen adaptation.

Fun fact: Zadie Smith's younger brother is in the bad Austen adaptation.

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From <em>Fleabag</em> to <em>Persuasion</em>, the Rise of the Mussy-Haired, Self-Hating Sarcasm Machine

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Emmeline Clein on “Dissociation Feminism” and the Cold Embrace of Irony

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How Rummaging Through Oliver Stone’s Home Office Allowed a Young Rafael Agustín to Imagine Being a Writer

How Rummaging Through Oliver Stone’s Home Office Allowed a Young Rafael Agustín to Imagine Being a Writer

“I was still an English Learner, for crying out loud; how could I ever imagine working in the movie industry? Enter: Oliver Stone.”

By Rafael Agustin | July 15, 2022

Robert Gottlieb on the Enigma of Greta Garbo

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Who is Fire Island for? On the Currency of Reading (and Six Packs) in Pines Society

Who is Fire Island for? On the Currency of Reading (and Six Packs) in Pines Society

How Joel Kim Booster’s Rom-Com Engages with Literary History

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