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A New Cinematic Language for Trans Life
Chris Shields speaks with filmmaker Louise Weard about her ‘Castration Movie’ series.
Film
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers
Hella Hitler
Andrew Holter revisits ‘The California Reich’ 50 years on and considers the legacy of the neo-Nazi documentary.
Our Ordeal Is Worth It
Mona Fastvold’s ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ presents a musical American allegory of the Great Awakening that is ‘fundamentally carnal, even if its heroine is decidedly not.’
Almost Candid
Tim Riley listens for the unspoken ironies of Cameron Crowe’s career via his new memoir, ‘The Uncool.’
Everybody Loves a Lover
Janna Jones writes about the history and resonances of ‘Love Tapes,’ Wendy Clarke’s 1980s video project.
Made in America
Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme” and the mythmaking around a monoculture masterpiece.
So Many Things Have Vanished
Conor Williams sits down with film critic Melissa Anderson to discuss her recent essay collection.
Airbrushed Tan Lines
Whitney Mallett visits a porn shoot in Spain.
He Understood Us
Carrie Courogen remembers the cross-genre brilliance of Rob Reiner’s filmmaking.
Drawing America’s Brutal Imagination
Justin A. Davis writes on Ralph Bakshi’s controversial film “Coonskin” for its 50th anniversary, in a preview of the LARB Quarterly no. 47, “Security.”
Culture Never Recovered
From his rear window, M. Keith Booker reads the new anthology of stories inspired by Alfred Hitchcock, edited by Maxim Jakubowski.
Run for the Sun, Little One
Carly Mattox considers recent critiques of imperialist nostalgia via Danny Boyle’s “28 Years Later” and Adam Curtis’s “Shifty.”
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