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Morgan Parker on Why <em>The Faculty</em> is the Perfect Allegory for Life in America

Morgan Parker on Why The Faculty is the Perfect Allegory for Life in America

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | September 9, 2021

The Literary Film and TV You Should Stream in September

The Literary Film and TV You Should Stream in September

From Foundation to American Rust

By Emily Temple | September 3, 2021

Esmé Weijun Wang on Turning the “Meet Cute” on Its Head

Esmé Weijun Wang on Turning the “Meet Cute” on Its Head

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | September 2, 2021

Hanif Abdurraqib on Pushing the Boundaries of Friendship

Hanif Abdurraqib on Pushing the Boundaries of Friendship

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | August 26, 2021

Alexandra Kleeman on the Intimate Spaces of Abbas Kiarostami

Alexandra Kleeman on the Intimate Spaces of Abbas Kiarostami

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | August 12, 2021

The Literary Film and TV You Should Stream in August

The Literary Film and TV You Should Stream in August

From The Pursuit of Love to The Chair

By Emily Temple | August 3, 2021

Best Reviewed
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The Green Knight Unmakes a Classic—to Unsettling and Glorious Effect

By Emily Temple | July 29, 2021

The adaptation of Haruki Murakami's "Drive My Car" just won best screenplay at Cannes.

By Walker Caplan | July 22, 2021

Startlement and Stillness: David Searcy on Photography

By David Searcy | July 15, 2021

Robert McKee on the Design of a Character Universe

Robert McKee on the Design of a Character Universe

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | June 1, 2021

Substance If Not Style: On the Radical Similarities of Alice Munro and Pedro Almodóvar

Substance If Not Style: On the Radical Similarities of Alice Munro and Pedro Almodóvar

Veronica Esposito Finds Unlikely Parallels in Two of Our Greatest Storytellers

By Veronica Esposito | May 10, 2021

How <em>Hunt for the Wilderpeople</em> Subverts Both the Orphan Trope and the Buddy Comedy

How Hunt for the Wilderpeople Subverts Both the Orphan Trope and the Buddy Comedy

Nadia Owusu in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith
on Open Form

By Open Form | May 6, 2021

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

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

Why the Coen Brothers’ Cinematic Sleight of Hand is <br>So Good

Why the Coen Brothers’ Cinematic Sleight of Hand is
So Good

Nige Tassell on the Truths, Half-Truths, and Untruths of Fargo

By Nige Tassell | March 19, 2021

An ode to John C. Reilly’s hot tub love poem in <em> Boogie Nights</em>.

An ode to John C. Reilly’s hot tub love poem in Boogie Nights.

By Walker Caplan | January 22, 2021

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