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Monsters of the Anthropocene
Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ reduces Mary Shelley’s novel to a one-dimensional warning about technological hubris.
Reviews
A Romance You Watch in Secret
The Russian-language reception of Crave’s ‘Heated Rivalry’ shows how tenderness, desire, and character complexity shape a phenomenon that transcends borders.
Longing for Moor
Emerald Fennell’s sexed-up take on Emily Brontë’s gothic romance feels empty.
To Be, or Not to Be, Misunderstood
The most famous line in literature doesn’t mean what ‘Hamnet’ thinks it means.
Prestige Fiction Is Dead
Evan Brier’s recent book conducts a depressing literary autopsy, complete with case studies.
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From the Archive
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Tighten Up
Brendan Boyle considers Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance.”
Big Men and Little People
Two recent books on Idi Amin’s Uganda present an African mirror for Trump’s United States to see itself.
The Eagle and the Lion
An exhibition charts the ties between East Asia and Latin America, from the colonial era to the new Cold War.
Mad Ones with Trust Funds
Andrew Martin’s new novel is a chronicle of the overeducated and underachieving stumbling through a post-pandemic haze.
Time-Wasting, Truth-Wasting Exercises
Samuel Cohen’s anthology on book banning diagnoses a recent swell in censorship that’s problematic for more reasons than you’d think.
Perhaps You’re Not Yourself, But Her
German director Mascha Schilinski’s visually evocative 2025 film suggests the influence of Francesca Woodman’s photographic work.
Doing Someone Else’s Crossword
The Francis Crick of Matthew Cobb’s new biography was both the consummate insider and a scientific outlier.
Moving Through the World with Eyes Open
In her latest short story collection, Ayşegül Savaş considers lives lived apart.
Open Rehearsal
Keith S. Wilson’s visually experimental poetry examines the ‘asymmetries of risk’ and repetition to expose ‘how violence enters the body as habit.’
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