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The Philosophy of Romantic Comedy

The Philosophy of Romantic Comedy

From His Girl Friday to Set it Up, Rom-Com is a Language We All Speak

By Eric Thurm | June 29, 2018

200 Years of <em>Frankenstein</em> On Stage and Onscreen

200 Years of Frankenstein On Stage and Onscreen

How Shelley's Tale Became Inseparable from its Film Incarnation

By Iris Veysey | April 27, 2018

Teju Cole:

Teju Cole: "We are Made of All the Things We Have Consumed"

The Blind Spot Author on Fragments, Memory, and Creativity

By Khalid Warsame | March 22, 2018

A Rare Look at Correspondence from Arthur Miller to His Wife, Mary

A Rare Look at Correspondence from Arthur Miller to His Wife, Mary

LitFilm, Brooklyn Public Library's New Literary Film Festival, Begins Next Week

By Literary Hub | February 15, 2018

5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to Orange County

5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to Orange County

This Cosmopolitan Region Isn't Just for Republican Retirees

By Namrata Poddar | February 9, 2018

Dystopia For Sale: How a Commercialized Genre Lost its Teeth

Dystopia For Sale: How a Commercialized Genre Lost its Teeth

Overdosing on Stories of Futility Might Be Bad for Us

By Brady Gerber | February 8, 2018

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Bad Faith Backlash: Arguing Online With Everyone and No One

By M. C. Mah | January 22, 2018

Hot Sex With Sea Monsters: A Comparative Study

By Emily Temple | January 9, 2018

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By Emily Temple | January 4, 2018

Mothers, Daughters, Lovers: On the Groundbreaking Art of Kathleen Collins

Mothers, Daughters, Lovers: On the Groundbreaking Art of Kathleen Collins

Danielle Jackson Finds Inspiration in Whatever Happened to Interracial Love

By Danielle Jackson | January 3, 2018

Where Can Hollywood's Reboot Obsession Go From Here?

Where Can Hollywood's Reboot Obsession Go From Here?

A Live-Action Netflix Anime Adaptation Offers a Surprising Answer

By Eric Thurm | December 28, 2017

Real Gratitude Shouldn't Be Easy: On <em>It's a Wonderful Life</em>

Real Gratitude Shouldn't Be Easy: On It's a Wonderful Life

George Bailey Rejects the Given in Favor of the Good

By Emily Harnett | December 22, 2017

Is the Literary Biopic the Worst Kind of Movie?

Is the Literary Biopic the Worst Kind of Movie?

On The Man Who Invented Christmas, and Watching Writers Toil on Screen

By J.W. McCormack | December 20, 2017

Our Tonya: Growing Up in Thrall to an American Antiheroine

Our Tonya: Growing Up in Thrall to an American Antiheroine

Tracy O'Neill on the Symbolic Heft of Tonya Harding

By Tracy O'Neill | December 14, 2017

The Bloody Catharsis of Femme Revenge

The Bloody Catharsis of Femme Revenge

Seeking Out Stories of Women Who are Finished Rising Above

By Emma C. Eisenberg | December 13, 2017

The Origin Story of an Iconic Adaptation: <em>The Graduate</em>

The Origin Story of an Iconic Adaptation: The Graduate

On the Life and Times of Wunderkind Novelist Charles Webb

By Beverly Gray | November 16, 2017

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