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On Millennial Fluidity; or, a Second Open Love Letter to Nico Tortorella
Jonathan Alexander on Nico Tortorella, gender fluidity, and contemporary culture.
All Essays
Tick Tock: The Timeliness of Watchmen
Jorge Cotte takes stock of what HBO's Watchmen is doing, what it thinks it's doing, and what, until last night, we might have thought it was doing, too.
The Astonishing and Multiple Achievements of Alice Guy-Blaché
Sarah Gleeson-White reviews a new documentary about a female cinematic pioneer.
“How the Hell Did It All Come to This?”: The Political Noirs of Jean-Patrick Manchette
Tom Roberge peers into the dark world of French noir author Jean-Patrick Manchette.
The Double Bill as Dialogue: On Eileen Myles’s “The Trip” and Ivan Dixon’s “The Spook Who Sat by the Door”
Elizabeth Horkley delves into the filmmaking and curatorial work of Eileen Myles, most recently in their double bill program at the Metrograph Theatre.
Martin Scorsese’s Late Style
Scout Tafoya contemplates “The Irishman” and the late style of Martin Scorsese.
The Dread
JH Phrydas reflects on the dread and the glorious potential of San Francisco.
A Lure for the Devil: On James Gunn’s “Deadlier than the Male” and Gilles Deleuze’s “The Philosophy of Crime Novels”
Sean Carswell talks about Gilles Deleuze's favorite noir novel, a forgotten book that parodies the genre.
“Making Better Mud Pies”: A Conversation with Frank Gehry
LARB presents a long-lost interview with legendary architect Frank Gehry.
Vasily Grossman: Myths and Counter-Myths
Robert Chandler and Yury Bit-Yunan demythologize the life of Vasily Grossman.
Who Needs Literature?
LARB presents an essay by Isaac Bashevis Singer, translated from the Yiddish by David Stromberg.
Isaac Bashevis Singer: Writer and Critic
David Stromberg considers the long-neglected critical writings of Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Partly Truth, Partly Fiction: 2019 Cinema Revisits the Manson Family
Chloe Lizotte considers the Manson depictions from the summer of 2019, asking what contradictions of representation and historical memory they share.
The People Will Not Forget
The closure of a Guatemalan anti-corruption office makes their government look bad, and the United States even worse.
MoMA: Expanded and Refreshed
Joseph Giovannini explores the newly redesigned MoMA in New York City.
Beginning with Abortion
Fran Bigman discusses Brit Bennett’s “The Mothers” and the stories we tell about abortion.
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