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October 6, 2015
Elaine Teng
Who Is the Real Malala Yousafzai?
A new documentary fails to explain the brave, teenage Nobel prizewinner—or her pushy father
October 2, 2015
Elaine Teng
Philippe Petit's Twin Towers Stunt Is Dramatic Gold
But the cinematic version still misses the mark.
October 1, 2015
Whitney Mallett
Naomi Klein’s Radical Guide to the Anthropocene
In the author’s new documentary, the climate crisis is tied to our rotten economic system.
October 1, 2015
Ethan Gates
In Iran, Turning on a Camera Is An Act of Subversion
September 30, 2015
Kyle Chayka
Laura Poitras Is Creating a Magnum for Digital Documentarians
September 25, 2015
Noah Berlatsky
Just What America Needs: A Movie That Celebrates Unpaid Work
"The Intern" isn't funny. It's an insult to every unemployed American.
September 17, 2015
Calum Marsh
Martin Amis: "It’s as if Mario Puzo’s prose is being rewritten by Nabokov"
The author talks about the novel, writing for the screen, and the new film adaptation of London Fields
September 13, 2015
Ratik Asokan
Wim Wenders: "I Never Learned Anything from the History of Cinema"
September 12, 2015
Liesl Bradner
How a Black Man From Missouri Transformed Himself Into the Indian Liberace
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.

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