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The Race to Make Hollywood’s First Atomic Bomb Movie

The Race to Make Hollywood’s First Atomic Bomb Movie

Before Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, the World Nearly Got Ayn Rand’s ”Tribute to Free Enterprise”

By Greg Mitchell | July 17, 2023

Can Writers Have Fun? <em>Afire</em> is a Character Study of a Self-Absorbed Novelist

Can Writers Have Fun? Afire is a Character Study of a Self-Absorbed Novelist

Elissa Suh on Christian Petzold’s New Comedy of Manners

By Elissa Suh | July 14, 2023

How Lauren Bacall Secured Her Legendary Love Story with Humphrey Bogart

How Lauren Bacall Secured Her Legendary Love Story with Humphrey Bogart

William J. Mann on the Movie Star’s Memoirs

By William J. Mann | July 12, 2023

A Woman Satisfied: Alyssa Songsiridej on the Refreshing Lack of Regret in <em>Past Lives</em>

A Woman Satisfied: Alyssa Songsiridej on the Refreshing Lack of Regret in Past Lives

“Nora lives just one life, one she wants and that she has chosen.”

By Alyssa Songsiridej | July 7, 2023

This summer, read a screenplay.

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By Olivia Rutigliano | July 6, 2023

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<em>Asteroid City</em> is Wes Anderson’s Metaphysical Masterpiece

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Indulging in the Lightness of <em>American Born Chinese</em> is Like Escaping Into a World We Haven’t Built Yet

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A Guide to the 2023 Cannes Film Festival’s Literary Offerings

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