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Life Finds a Way
Anne Sawyier reviews Hannah McGregor’s new book, “Clever Girl: Jurassic Park” in the context of big tech’s takeover of Hollywood.
Film
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers
I … Am Herman Melville!
Sam Weller details the tempestuous collaboration of Ray Bradbury and John Huston on the production of the 1956 movie “Moby Dick.”
Meteor, Star, Galaxy, Caven
LARB presents a new essay by Erika Balsom, excerpted from Fireflies Press’s edited collection “Ingrid Caven: I Am a Fiction,” publishing this September.
The Impossibility of Children’s Television
Madeline Ullrich explores the contradictions of “children’s television” in the Max/ID series “Quiet on Set” and Jane Schoenbrun’s film “I Saw the TV Glow.”
How Are We Not Talking About This All the Time?
Victoria Sturtevant reviews Pamela Adlon’s new film “Babes.”
Annie Baker’s Summer Stock
Meghan Racklin reviews “Janet Planet,” the debut feature film from playwright Annie Baker.
Exhuming a Historical Myth
Minsoo Kang examines the persistence of Korean nationalism in the South Korean horror thriller “Exhuma,” directed by Jang Jae-hyun.
What Women Want, per Catherine Breillat
Lori Marso reviews Catherine Breillat’s film “Last Summer” in the context of the director’s body of work, as well as alongside the recent Miranda July novel, “All Fours.”
A Freak Flag Flown at Half-Mast
Adam Nayman considers Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest film “Kinds of Kindness” amid the provocateur director’s broader body of work.
A Disproportionate Display of Force: The Lure of Epic Rage
Torsa Ghosal discusses Dev Patel’s film “Monkey Man” and the problematic politics of revenge.
“Chinatown” at 50, or Seeing Oil Through Cinema
Michael Rubenstein writes on the 50th anniversary of “Chinatown” and the beginning of the end of petromodernity.
The Gap at the End of the World
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” Cynthia Cruz seeks truth in melancholia, Hegel, and capitalist civilization’s possible futures.
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