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Culture Never Recovered
From his rear window, M. Keith Booker reads the new anthology of stories inspired by Alfred Hitchcock, edited by Maxim Jakubowski.
Film
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers
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.”
No More Heroes
Clara Cuccaro considers the “myth of resistance” in Joachim Trier’s newest film, “Sentimental Value.”
Herzog in the Jungle of Truth
Sam Shpall ponders the enigma of Werner Herzog and his new book, “The Future of Truth.”
When History Hangs Out
Jacob Stern reviews Richard Linklater’s two latest films, “Nouvelle Vague” and “Blue Moon,” as twin hangout movies.
On Adaptation: From Page to Screen
In November 2024, writers Viet Thanh Nguyen, Jonathan Ames, Anna Dorn, and Jane Hu gathered at LITLIT for a discussion with Paul Thompson about how it feels to take a work from book to screen.
Springtime for Springnuts
Grant Sharples offers a personal account of the Boss’s career and legacy in light of the new biopic “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.”
The Golden Age of Porn Valley
Sascha Cohen talks with Molly Lambert about her new podcast “JennaWorld: Jenna Jameson, Vivid Video, & the Valley.”
Rebel Without a Clue
Elizabeth Alsop picks up the trail of Kelly Reichardt’s alienated art thief in “The Mastermind.”
Fantastic Lies
Annalisa Zox-Weaver reviews Andres Veiel’s 2024 documentary about Hitler’s favorite filmmaker.
Lost Horizons
Brendan Boyle writes on the voyages beyond in “Contact” (1997) and “Alambrista!” (1977), in the newest installment of Double Feature, from the LARB Quarterly no. 46: “Alien.”
Crisis Makes Weird
Harrison Blackman discusses the aesthetics and politics of Greek cinema’s Weird Wave.
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