2+ week, 5+ day ago   (522+ words) A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History by David Thomson. Simon & Schuster, 2026. 368 pages.Buy on Bookshop.org Now Thomson reports immense regret. If you had to cite a weakness, Thomson tends to favor style over content. He writes in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (480+ words) Did You Find Everything You Were Looking For? by Donna Masini. W. W. Norton & Company, 2026. 112 pages.Buy on Bookshop.org “DID YOU FIND EVERYTHING you were looking for?” is the familiar question big-box store cashiers are trained to ask customers at checkout....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (584+ words) No glove, no love—famously the slogan of right-wing absolutists. (Can trans kids go to the bathroom in this future?) The opening title card glibly frames our slide into fascist bio-policing: “It’s been a lot.” Those who have the luxury…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (89+ words) 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.” Madeline UllrichAug 25, 2024 Kartik Nair explores the dynamics of the Scream franchise through the lens of…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (343+ words) Howard ends his essay with an allusion to “the heart of darkness” of contemporary publishing, a flourish he later regretted. But despite all warnings and regrets, Cosmodemonic Publishing marched on, replacing “literary values and sound business practices” with “feverish competitiveness…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (604+ words) FILM AND TELEVISION writers recently ratified a new deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers that offers meaningful protections; despite this achievement, however, their professional survival remains at stake. The pending merger of two historical studios is…...