Tessa Hadley’s Longing to Put Life Into Words
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Tessa Hadley recently published her thirtieth short story in The New…
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Deciphering the Wagner Group’s Love for Wagner
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Contemporary discourse has little patience with maddening contradictions of the kind…
Listening to Taylor Swift in Prison
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The Political, Metaphysical Melodrama of “Dragonwyck”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Hollywood novel, “The Last Tycoon,” is an admiring…
Scenes from Hollywood’s Hot Labor Summer
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “Jump the fuck up!” Tom Morello, the guitarist for Rage Against…
A Deathly Rorschach Test in “Requiem for a Whale”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In “Requiem for a Whale,” the decomposing animal becomes a backdrop…
“Bottoms” Is a Major Film but Not a Good One
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Laughter and tears are like sneezes, physiological responses without aesthetic substance.…
The Shock of Japan’s Extreme Heat
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The Surreal Nudes of Heji Shin
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Alex BaraschCulture editor You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide…