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September 11, 2015
Brook Wilensky-Lanford
Falling Asleep in the Afterlife
Why are books about visiting heaven so boring—and popular?
September 11, 2015
Jason Guriel
Has 'Dressed to Kill' Outlived Its 80s Shock Value?
September 9, 2015
Ethan Gates
Once A Joke Goes Viral, Who Cares Where It Came From?
August 28, 2015
Hannah K. Gold
Elisabeth Moss’s New Film Explores the Psycho-Horror of Female Friendship
August 19, 2015
Jason Guriel
A Hollywood Legend Returns With a Screwball Comedy. Will Anyone Notice?
August 14, 2015
Whitney Mallett
South Sudan's Orderly Disorder
A new film shows the ravages of bureaucracy in the world's newest country
August 13, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
The Master of Childish Men Gives Women a Second Chance
August 6, 2015
Elaine Teng
'The Diary of a Teenage Girl' Is a Story of Sexual Abuse—and Female Empowerment
July 31, 2015
Laura Marsh
What’s David Foster Wallace Doing in a Bromance Movie?
July 27, 2015
Jason Guriel
Why I’m Not Watching the David Foster Wallace Movie: He Taught Me Not To
July 23, 2015
Elaine Teng
The American Actor May Be in Decline. Jake Gyllenhaal Is Most Certainly Not.
July 17, 2015
Malcolm Thorndike Nicholson
The Black Comedy of India's Justice System
In "Court", India’s absurdist court system becomes both set and subject
July 16, 2015
Esther Breger
Amy Schumer's Old-Fashioned Family Values
'Trainwreck' is a classic rom-com, not a subversive statement
July 16, 2015
Jeet Heer
Stop Making Superhero Movies Just for Grown-Ups
'Batman v Superman' and 'Suicide Squad' are everything that's wrong with the genre today
July 13, 2015
Malcolm Thorndike Nicholson
What Does It Mean to Sound Gay?
July 9, 2015
Noah Berlatsky
Can a Rich White Guy Be an Everyman?
The insidious class politics of “Self/Less”
July 8, 2015
Sally Kohn
Disney, Do It for My Daughter: Make a Film Starring Gay Characters
July 7, 2015
Noah Berlatsky
Rihanna Is No Pam Grier
"BBHMM" puts a materialistic spin on a social-justice blaxploitation classic
July 3, 2015
Elaine Teng
The Story of the Only Irishman Ever Deported From Ireland
July 1, 2015
Esther Breger
‘Magic Mike XXL’ Wants to Know: Do You Like That, Ladies?

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