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Philippa Snow

Philippa Snow is a writer based in Norwich, England. Her work has appeared in Artforum, Sight & Sound, GARAGE, Frieze, The Cut, and Tank magazine.

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March 6, 2024
Philippa Snow
The Feud: Capote vs. The Swans Perfectly Celebrates Older Actresses
Naomi Watts, Chloë Sevigny, Diane Lane, Calista Flockhart, and Demi Moore are the six best reasons to watch Ryan Murphy’s new show.
December 2, 2022
Philippa Snow
I Fear My Pain Interests You Is a Fantasy of Numbness
Stephanie LaCava’s novel and David Cronenberg’s film “Crimes of the Future” each imagine a world without pain.
August 30, 2022
Philippa Snow
Against the Big-Screen Beauty Contest
The internet demands that women project desirability—at a level formerly reserved for movie stars.
July 15, 2022
Philippa Snow
Netflix’s Persuasion Is a Uniquely Brilliant Flavor of Bad
A new Jane Austen adaptation dares to ask: What if “Persuasion” took place not just in the early nineteenth century but at wine o’clock?
April 18, 2022
Philippa Snow
Russian Doll’s Mind-Bending Leaps Through Time
The show’s new season with Natasha Lyonne at the helm is more honest, more experimental, and more reflective of its maker.
February 9, 2022
Philippa Snow
In Inventing Anna, Wealth Is a Scam
The new Netflix drama about fake heiress Anna Delvey has much in common with “Billions” and “Succession.”
December 30, 2021
Philippa Snow
The End of the Novel of Carefree Striving
In Marlowe Granados’s “Happy Hour” and Christine Smallwood’s “The Life of the Mind,” upward mobility is elusive.
September 27, 2021
Philippa Snow
Alexandra Kleeman’s Not-So-Distant Dystopia
“Something New Under the Sun” is science fiction about celebrity, self-deception, and climate crisis, set in the very near future.
August 26, 2021
Philippa Snow
Annette Brings Out the Weirdest in Adam Driver
Leos Carax’s movie is an idiosyncratic showcase for an unlikely, idiosyncratic star.
April 8, 2021
Philippa Snow
Made for Love Puts a Marriage Under the Microscope
The new HBO series based on Alissa Nutting’s novel is a futuristic, surreal take on an unhealthy relationship.
March 24, 2021
Philippa Snow
Love and Humiliation Are Inseparable in Acts of Desperation
Megan Nolan’s novel is a compulsive story of desire, subservience, and self-annihiliation.
January 25, 2021
Philippa Snow
The Very Serious Appeal of Call My Agent
The show set in a French talent agency is the antidote to superficial satires on Hollywood.
October 15, 2020
Philippa Snow
The Mysteries of Emily in Paris
The flaws of Darren Star’s new Netflix show may be perfectly calibrated for binge-watching in 2020.
June 12, 2020
Philippa Snow
Shirley Jackson and the Horrors of Marriage
Josephine Decker’s film “Shirley” turns a writer’s life and friendships into a gripping psychodrama.
May 1, 2020
Philippa Snow
Hollywood Keeps Trying to Rewrite Its History
Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series is the latest to imagine a better, fairer Golden Age, while never truly reckoning with the past.
April 20, 2020
Philippa Snow
Merritt Wever Is Too Good For Run
In the new HBO thriller, Wever is a triumph. Why does her character have to spend time loathing her body?
March 19, 2020
Philippa Snow
The Brilliant Fault Lines of Little Fires Everywhere
The Hulu show is a drama of misplaced intentions, exploitation, and white fragility.
January 23, 2020
Philippa Snow
The New Pope’s Tireless Commitment to Transgression
Paolo Sorrentino’s new HBO show plays a variation on the decadence of “The Young Pope.”
January 1, 2020
Philippa Snow
The Reinvention of Little Women
Greta Gerwig’s new film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel is a triumph of Jo-ness.
November 8, 2019
Philippa Snow
The Surprising Success of an Irreverent Emily Dickinson
It would be easy to make fun of “Dickinson.” But the new Apple TV+ show is stranger and more charming than it has any right to be.

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