Annie Berke

Annie Berke is the author of Their Own Best Creations: Women Writers in Postwar Television (University of California Press, 2022) and a senior humanities editor at Los Angeles Review of Books. Her criticism has been published in The New York Times, The New Republic, The Yale Review, and The Washington Post. She lives in the DC Metro area.

Articles

Material, Girls
Annie Berke watches Celine Song’s new film “Materialists” and the Netflix show “With Love, Meghan.”
Annie BerkeJun 29
- Film
- Television
That’s Nature for You
Annie Berke reviews Jenny Slate’s new motherhood meditation, “Lifeform.”
Annie BerkeJan 23
The Elizabeth Strout Formula
Annie Berke considers adaptation, crossovers, and genre in her review of the novelist’s latest, “Tell Me Everything.”
Annie BerkeNov 7, 2024
Blessed Are the Forgetful
In the latest installment of Screen Shots, Annie Berke recalls Michel Gondry’s “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” a love story about memory loss, for its 20th anniversary.
Annie BerkeOct 13, 2024
- Film
Too Little, Too Late for TV’s Woman Writer?
Annie Berke considers the figure of the woman writer in the popular TV series “Bridgerton” and “Hacks,” in the latest installment of Screen Shots.
Annie BerkeAug 18, 2024
- Television
- Gender & Sexuality
Such Little Babies: On Tom Perrotta’s “Tracy Flick Can’t Win”
Annie Berke breaks down the appeal of the title character in Tom Perrotta's "Tracy Flick Can't Win."
Annie BerkeSep 26, 2022
- Fiction
- Film
Guiding Lights: On “Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History”
Annie Berke reviews Elana Levine's "Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History," on a pivotal genre and its diverse fandom
Annie BerkeOct 19, 2021
- Television
Dear Esther: A Film by and Conversation with Nora Stone
Nora Stone presents her short film “Dear Esther” and speaks to LARB’s Film Editor, Annie Berke.
Annie BerkeSep 10, 2021
In a Lonely Place: On “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” and “Love, Guaranteed”
Annie Berke writes about how two recent Netflix original films thematize loneliness and our romance with screens under quarantine.
Annie BerkeOct 23, 2020
- Film
Love the One You're With: "High Fidelity" Goes Corporate
Annie Berke on Hulu's adaptation of High Fidelity as a Millennial romantic comedy of media conglomeration and tech utopianism.
Annie BerkeMay 12, 2020
- Television
In the Room Where She Happens: On “Late Night”
Annie Berke examines “Late Night” in the contexts of writer-star Mindy Kaling’s public persona and the history of the woman in the writers’ room.
Annie BerkeAug 13, 2019
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality