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Claire Denis’s Fleshy Sci-Fi Film ‘High Life’ Is Shocking and Soothing

Claire Denis’s Fleshy Sci-Fi Film ‘High Life’ Is Shocking and Soothing Claire Denis’s Fleshy Sci-Fi Film ‘High Life’ Is Shocking and Soothing

Following a group of death-row inmates in a spaceship prison, the film dares to infuse light where it seems only darkness can prevail. 

Apr 29, 2019 / Cassie da Costa

In the Maze of Love: Hong Sang-soo and Kim Min-hee’s Intricate Tales of Romance

In the Maze of Love: Hong Sang-soo and Kim Min-hee’s Intricate Tales of Romance In the Maze of Love: Hong Sang-soo and Kim Min-hee’s Intricate Tales of Romance

The partnership between the South Korean director and actress in recent years has led to an endlessly analyzable body of films about the darker sides of modern courtship. 

Apr 26, 2019 / Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

Comic Book Catharsis: A Q&A With Brian Fies on His Powerful Graphic Novel About California Wildfires

Comic Book Catharsis: A Q&A With Brian Fies on His Powerful Graphic Novel About California Wildfires Comic Book Catharsis: A Q&A With Brian Fies on His Powerful Graphic Novel About California Wildfires

His new memoir, A Fire Story, details what happened when the Tubbs Fire turned his and his neighbors’ lives upside down.

Apr 26, 2019 / Elena Goukassian

Eric Hobsbawm

Chronicling the Age of Hobsbawm: A Q&A With Historian Richard Evans Chronicling the Age of Hobsbawm: A Q&A With Historian Richard Evans

“The more I have read his writings, the more I have come to admire and respect him not just as an historian but as a person.”

Apr 26, 2019 / Sebastiaan Faber

Jon Snow

Jon Snow Would Vote Against Brexit Jon Snow Would Vote Against Brexit

As in Game of Thrones, Brexit’s villains are extremists fixated on short-term personal gain at the expense of everyone else.

Apr 26, 2019 / Peter Biskind

Quelle Chris Upends How We Talk About Guns

Quelle Chris Upends How We Talk About Guns Quelle Chris Upends How We Talk About Guns

The Detroit rapper’s new album offers a panorama of gun culture that brims with disarming nuance and clarity.

Apr 25, 2019 / Stephen Kearse

Puzzle No. 3498

Puzzle No. 3498 Puzzle No. 3498

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Eggs without salt for one possibly destined to be a queen (4)  3 Prince sat uneasily with hankering to hold gun (10…

Apr 25, 2019 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Music’s Shift From Analog to Digital Changed Everything

Music’s Shift From Analog to Digital Changed Everything Music’s Shift From Analog to Digital Changed Everything

Damon Krukowski’s new book is critique of capitalism disguised as a meditation on playback technology. 

Apr 24, 2019 / Editorial / Sasha Geffen

Migrant State of Mind: A Q&A With Novelist Laila Lalami

Migrant State of Mind: A Q&A With Novelist Laila Lalami Migrant State of Mind: A Q&A With Novelist Laila Lalami

Her new novel, The Other Americans, looks at the life of an immigrant family in a small town in the Mojave.

Apr 23, 2019 / Nawal Arjini

Maurice Carlos Ruffin Confronts the Horror and Spectacle of Racism

Maurice Carlos Ruffin Confronts the Horror and Spectacle of Racism Maurice Carlos Ruffin Confronts the Horror and Spectacle of Racism

His debut novel, We Cast a Shadow, is among a series of recent works that pair analysis of race with grim, fantastical tales of metamorphosis.

Apr 23, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse

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