Film

Endless Culture Wars: On Kliph Nesteroff’s “Outrageous”
Chris Yogerst reviews Kliph Nesteroff’s book, “Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars.”...
Chris YogerstDec 1
- Film
- Television
Minor Archives: A Conversation with Elisabeth Subrin
Lisa Darms speaks with filmmaker Elisabeth Subrin about her award-winning new documentary “Maria Schneider, 1983.”...
Lisa DarmsNov 30
- Film
Something Intricate and Many-Chambered: On Adapting Virginia Woolf’s “Orlando”
Julia Sirmons compares three adaptations of Virginia Woolf’s “Orlando”: “Freak Orlando,” “Orlando,” and “Orlando: My Political Biography.”...
Julia SirmonsNov 25
- Fiction
- Film
The Many Worlds of China: On Joshua Kurlantzick’s “Beijing’s Global Media Offensive” and Michael Berry’s “Jia Zhangke on Jia Zhangke”
Yangyang Cheng reviews Joshua Kurlantzick’s “Beijing’s Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World” and Michael Berry’s “Jia Zhangke on Jia Zhangke.”...
Yangyang ChengNov 18
Dysphoria Matters: On the Broken Promise of “Sex Education”
Slava Greenberg looks at the legacy of Netflix’s series “Sex Education” in light of its finale...
Slava GreenbergNov 16
- Film
- Television
Echoes of the Original: On the Task of Translating Maria Schneider
Hannah Bonner looks at Elisabeth Subrin’s documentary, “Maria Schneider, 1983,” alongside Vanessa Schneider’s memoir, “My Cousin Maria Schneider.”...
Hannah BonnerNov 9
- Film
- Memoir
A Deep, Unerring Camaraderie: On “The Elephant 6 Recording Co.”
Grant Sharples reviews the new music documentary “The Elephant 6 Recording Co.”...
Grant SharplesNov 8
- Film
- Music
The Trash Collector: On John Waters’s Imperfect Cinema
Theresa Lin pays tribute to the at times revolting charm of filmmaker John Waters, whose unlikely exhibition is now on view at the Academy Museum....
Theresa LinNov 8
- Art
- Film
Marked as a Monster: A Conversation Between Marlena Williams and S. Trimble
Marlena Williams and S. Trimble discuss their shared work on the queer resonances of “The Exorcist.”...
Marlena Williams, S. TrimbleOct 27
- Film
The One-Way Ticket to Barcelona
In a preview of the new LARB Quarterly, no. 39: “Air,” Corina Zappia considers the state of travel for single women....
Corina ZappiaOct 27
A Man Without a Country: On Scott Eyman’s “Charlie Chaplin vs. America”
Chris Yogerst reviews Scott Eyman’s “Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided.”...
Chris YogerstOct 26
Can We Imagine Better Work? On Aviva Briefel and Jason Middleton’s “Labors of Fear”
Brandon R. Grafius reviews Aviva Briefel and Jason Middleton’s “Labors of Fear: The Modern Horror Film Goes to Work.”...
Brandon R. GrafiusOct 25
Waiting for Barbie
Anne Anlin Cheng recalls her first, foreign Barbie experience....
Anne Anlin ChengOct 20
- Film
Empress Elisabeth and the Archives of Anorexia
In a preview of the new LARB Quarterly, no. 39: “Air,” Meghan Racklin considers the life and imperfectly rendered image of Empress Elisabeth of Austria....
Meghan RacklinOct 20
Every Detective Film Is a Comedy: On “The Big Lebowski” at 25
Jason Namey takes another look at the Coen brothers’ “The Big Lebowski” for its 25th anniversary....
Jason NameyOct 19
- Film
- Noir
The Hollywood Strikes: How Storytelling Won the Day for Writers
Alessandro Camon discusses the role storytelling played in the success of the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike in Hollywood....
Alessandro CamonOct 15
Primal Fears: Revisiting “Gone Baby Gone”
Amidst a new wave of conservative panic about child trafficking, Evan McGarvey revisits Ben Affleck’s “Gone Baby Gone.”...
Evan McGarveyOct 13
- Film
For Promising Young Women: A Smidge of Midge
Eliana Rozinov examines the figure of Midge as a mythical phenomenon, a pregnant doll, and a variation of the “promising young woman” trope....
Eliana RozinovOct 12
- Film
Ask Not What Your Robot Can Do for You, but What You Can Do for Your Robot
Jerrine Tan visits a LOVOT robotics lab and is unexpectedly enchanted....
Jerrine TanOct 4
Work and the New Wave: On My Capricious Summer with Jiří Menzel
Emily Tamkin documents her Jiří Menzel binge and explains how and why his films hold up so well today....
Emily TamkinSep 28
- Film
The Quarterback at Twilight: On Matthew Barney’s “Secondary”
Samuel Fury Childs Daly reviews artist Matthew Barney’s new film “Secondary.”...
Samuel Fury Childs DalySep 27
An Excuse to Make Noise: On Todd Decker’s “Astaire by Numbers” and Matthew Frye Jacobson’s “Dancing Down the Barricades”
Brynn Shiovitz reviews two new books on screen dance, Todd Decker’s “Astaire by Numbers: Time & the Straight White Male Dancer” and Matthew Frye Jacobson’s “Dancing Down the Barricades: Sammy Davis Jr. and the Long Civil Rights Era.”...
Brynn ShiovitzSep 22
- Film
What Drove Popeye to the Picket Line: The Story of “Fleischer’s Animated News”
“Fleischer’s Animated News,” an animation industry comic from the 1930s, satirized working conditions similar to those motivating the Hollywood strikes today, as Paul Morton discusses....
Paul MortonSep 19
- Comics & Games
- Film
dude I’m not dead!!! On Alissa Bennett’s “Taxidermist’s Handbook”
Ariella Garmaise reviews Alissa Bennett’s compilation of celebrity-themed zines, collectively titled “Taxidermist’s Handbook.”...
Ariella GarmaiseSep 13