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The assumption that once drove creative writing—that interior life deserves as much respect and interest as the latest bump in relations at the White House—no longer obtains.
In Hereditary and Midsommar, Aster's characters search for their place in the world—and can only find it by embracing evil.
Before Han Solo and Indiana Jones, there was another Harrison Ford, a star of silent cinema.
From the Iliad to Mission: Impossible, creators have wrestled with the question of how much universe-building is too much.
Twenty years after his death, what Hunter S. Thompson’s legacy—or lack of it—tells us about literature and manhood in our current moment.
Matthew Gasda’s new novel unfolds in a haze of empty dialogue and overwrought introspection.
Seduction and submission in the work of the Marquis de Sade.
‘Ragtime,’ E.L. Doctorow’s forgotten novel of Progressive Era New York, is a reminder of how much American politics have changed over the past century.
Disney’s awful new Snow White adaptation fails to recreate or even understand the story it is trying to tell.
A new collection of Murray Kempton’s articles reveals a thoughtful journalist whose politics were difficult to categorise.
Dancer and choreographer Rosie Kay talks to Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay about the three radioactive political topics that can derail an artist’s career.
Chimamanda Adichie’s new novel is refreshingly defiant of liberal orthodoxies.
What the Korean hit gets wrong about capitalism and right about government.
The first and largest mistake Douthat makes in his new book is to argue that faith and rationality are mutually supportive.
The Blues Brothers (1980) fostered a renewed appreciation of some of the best music America has ever produced.