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Beyond Postpartum Body Horror: How <em>Nightbitch</em> Finds a Secret Third Destiny For New Mothers

Beyond Postpartum Body Horror: How Nightbitch Finds a Secret Third Destiny For New Mothers

Janet Manley on Marielle Heller’s Adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s Novel

By Janet Manley | December 6, 2024

An Enigma Embodied: On Monica Vitti, Italy’s Muse of Incommunicability

An Enigma Embodied: On Monica Vitti, Italy’s Muse of Incommunicability

Joanna Biggs Considers the Role of Feminist Agency On and Off the Silver Screen

By Joanna Biggs | December 4, 2024

A Children’s Classic Turned Box Office Bomb: Inside the Failed Experiment of <em>Babe: Pig in the City</em>

A Children’s Classic Turned Box Office Bomb: Inside the Failed Experiment of Babe: Pig in the City

Tim Robey Remembers “Mad Max” Director George Miller's Late 90s Cinematic Flop

By Tim Robey | November 8, 2024

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Seven literary(ish) Substacks you should subscribe to, stat.

By Brittany Allen | August 30, 2024

Meet the literary critics who are keeping the culture honest (and sometimes spicy).

Meet the literary critics who are keeping the culture honest (and sometimes spicy).

By Brittany Allen | July 2, 2024

An abridged timeline of <em>Gatsby</em> adaptations.

An abridged timeline of Gatsby adaptations.

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By Brittany Allen | May 30, 2024

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