Criticism
Chantal Akerman’s Elusive Interiors
What the filmmaker’s portrayal of women reveals—and withholds
Emily LaBarge
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Criticism
Poetically Speaking
A new book makes the case for bewilderment as a critical virtue
Brian Dillon
June 10, 2024
Stealing the Show
Why conservatives killed America’s federally funded theater
Charlie Tyson
June 10, 2024
Books
Gender Wars
Two scholars excavate the origins of today’s trans backlash
Paisley Currah
March 4, 2024
Books
Renaissance Women
A new book celebrates—and sells short—Shakespeare’s sisters
Catherine Nicholson
March 4, 2024
The Auteur of Fatherhood
How Steven Spielberg recast American masculinity
Phillip Maciak
March 4, 2024
Film
Parents Just Don’t Understand—and That’s OK
All of Us Strangers charts a new direction for queer cinema
Lio Wong
February 26, 2024
Books
Terrance Hayes Won't Be Pinned Down
The virtuosic poet is still finding new ways to dazzle—and thwart—his readers
Stephanie Burt
February 7, 2024
Books
In Search of Albertine
The feminist afterlives of Proust's iconic character
Victoria Baena
January 22, 2024
Books
Life in the Algorithm
It has reshaped culture—but how? Two new books reckon with our digital predicament
Anna Shechtman
December 11, 2023