The Wrath of the Gods: Surviving the Pandemic with Petronius, Fitzgerald, and Eliot
The "Satyricon" shaped two of the most important texts of the 20th century — and the Petronian "anti-epic" is still funny, even during Covid....
The "Satyricon" shaped two of the most important texts of the 20th century — and the Petronian "anti-epic" is still funny, even during Covid....
Ted Scheinman revisits “Hamlet” through the eyes of its heroine with “Ophelia,” a film adaptation from director Claire McCarthy and writer Semi Chellas....
Considering the comedian’s legacy, and future, in light of his recent book....
James Agee on Twitter. Foreword by Walker Evans....
LAY-READERS who purchase Anne Thompson's The $11 Billion Year will learn some interesting and sometimes disturbing stats about “the changing Hollywood system” — including the rise of Video-On-Demand (VOD), the decline of DVDs, the cost and occasional misuse of 3D — and the ...
A tribute to Sterne on his 300th birthday....
On Netflix's 'semi-original series,' après le déluge...
On Joss Whedon's 'Much Ado About Nothing' adaptation...
Critics, Firearms, & Trieste Kelly Dunn...
On Fede Alvarez's 'Evil Dead' remake...
The New Female Slapstick...
IN 1817, HENRY AUSTEN prefaced the posthumous release of Persuasion and Northanger Abbey with a decorous “Biographical Notice” that defined his late sister in pious terms: her life, we were assured, had been one of “usefulness, literature, and ...