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Tom Ripley Is a Negative Space: On Netflix’s “Ripley”
Anna Bogutskaya assesses “Ripley,” Netflix’s new adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s most infamous literary creation.
All Reviews
What Is the Point of Such Inhumane Programs? On Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska’s “Microhistories of Memory”
Harry Waksberg reviews a new book about a German television series about the Holocaust, written by Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska.
The Trouble with the French Republic: On Two Recent Books About French Colonization
Charles Emmerson reviews two recent books on France’s colonial legacy, Nabila Ramdani’s “Fixing France” and Pierre Singaravélou’s “Colonisations.”
The Most Irreducible of Human Materials: On Debbie Urbanski’s “After World”
Mattia Ravasi reviews Debbie Urbanski’s “After World.”
Every Woman Extends Backwards: On Alexis Landau’s “The Mother of All Things”
Lisa Locascio Nighthawk reviews Alexis Landau’s “The Mother of All Things.”
Trapped in America: On Morgan Talty’s “Fire Exit”
Josh Billings reviews Morgan Talty’s debut novel “Fire Exit.”
The Prehistory of Men and Babies: On Sarah Blaffer Hrdy’s “Father Time”
Claudia Casper reviews Sarah Blaffer Hrdy’s “Father Time: A Natural History of Men and Babies.”
A Living Tableau of Multiculturalism: On Simon Kuper’s “Impossible City”
Jonathan Liebson reviews Simon Kuper’s “Impossible City: Paris in the 21st Century.”
A Collection of Intersections: On Gil Cuadros’s “My Body Is Paper”
Gabriel X. Hendrix reviews Gil Cuadros’s “My Body is Paper.”
Intended to Be Cruel: On Ana Raquel Minian’s “In the Shadow of Liberty”
Sara Campos reviews “In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States” by Stanford professor Ana Raquel Minian.
Another World, Another Life: On Anaïs Ngbanzo’s “Who Are You Dorothy Dean?”
Conor Williams reviews a new biography of Dorothy Dean, edited by Anaïs Ngbanzo.
What It Does with Wreckage: On Hala Alyan’s “The Moon That Turns You Back”
Anthony Alessandrini reviews Hala Alyan’s “The Moon That Turns You Back.”
Keeping Humans in the Loop: On Hilke Schellmann’s “The Algorithm”
Evan Selinger reviews Hilke Schellmann’s “The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired and Why We Need to Fight Back Now.”
The Mouth Agape: On Bertrand Bonello’s “The Beast”
Brendan Boyle considers Bertrand Bonello’s 2023 film “The Beast.”
Sustained, Energetic Engagement with the Object: On Becca Rothfeld’s “All Things Are Too Small”
Kenneth Dillon reviews Becca Rothfeld’s “All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess.”
California Communism and Its Afterlives: On Robert W. Cherny’s “San Francisco Reds”
Matt Ray and Matthew Wranovics review Robert W. Cherny’s “San Francisco Reds: Communists in the Bay Area, 1919–1958.”
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