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Hollywood’s Conservative Pivot
“King of the Hill,” the animated sitcom that first ran for thirteen Americana-powered seasons between 1997 and 2010, had a deceptively simple premise. The family at its heart collectively...
“Weapons,” “Harvest,” and the Shackles of the Horror Genre
Horror is an accursed genre. Because it promises to deliver a specific sensational effect, its stories are obliged to fit into preordained patterns. Its popularity depends on predictability, and...
The Power of Silence: My Greatest Career Lesson
Here’s advice I learned early in my career that seemed counterintuitive at first but proved to be invaluable. When I joined a room full of talented, funny professionals, I...
A Brooklyn Renter’s Odyssey
Evie Cavallo is a young woman who lives in a shoe. To be specific, she rents a twenty-foot-tall cowboy-boot-shaped building, with an industrial-grade kitchen and deteriorating bistro chairs. She...
“Thirty-Three,” by D. S. Waldman
Could be half my life, I said, could be all of it. Could be a third, Gabby said. Source link
A Brooklyn Renter’s Odyssey
Evie Cavallo is a young woman who lives in a shoe. To be specific, she rents a twenty-foot-tall cowboy-boot-shaped building, with an industrial-grade kitchen and deteriorating bistro chairs. She...
What Happens to Public Media Now?
When Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, he remarked that broadcasting is built on a collection of “miracles”—undersea cables,...
André Aciman on Reading—and Misreading—Emotions
Each of the novellas that make up André Aciman’s new book, “Room on the Sea,” picks apart the intricacies of how people comprehend the feelings of others—or fail to....
The Piercing Immigrant Drama of “Souleymane’s Story”
The title of the new film from the French director and screenwriter Boris Lojkine, “Souleymane’s Story,” has a few entwined meanings. In the broadest sense, it describes the movie...
The Internet Wants to Check Your I.D.
The app Tea is a kind of digital whisper network for women. No men are allowed to join. Those who wish to be members must submit evidence, including selfies,...
