Can We Imagine Better Work? On Aviva Briefel and Jason Middleton’s “Labors of Fear”
Brandon R. Grafius reviews Aviva Briefel and Jason Middleton’s “Labors of Fear: The Modern Horror Film Goes to Work.”
Brandon R. Grafius reviews Aviva Briefel and Jason Middleton’s “Labors of Fear: The Modern Horror Film Goes to Work.”
Brandon R. GrafiusOct 25, 2023
Anne Anlin Cheng recalls her first, foreign Barbie experience.
Anne Anlin ChengOct 20, 2023
In a preview of the new LARB Quarterly, no. 39: “Air,” Meghan Racklin considers the life and imperfectly rendered image of Empress Elisabeth of...
Meghan RacklinOct 20, 2023
Jason Namey takes another look at the Coen brothers’ “The Big Lebowski” for its 25th anniversary.
Jason NameyOct 19, 2023
Alessandro Camon discusses the role storytelling played in the success of the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike in Hollywood.
Alessandro CamonOct 15, 2023
Amidst a new wave of conservative panic about child trafficking, Evan McGarvey revisits Ben Affleck’s “Gone Baby Gone.”
Evan McGarveyOct 13, 2023
Eliana Rozinov examines the figure of Midge as a mythical phenomenon, a pregnant doll, and a variation of the “promising young woman” trope.
Eliana RozinovOct 12, 2023
Jerrine Tan visits a LOVOT robotics lab and is unexpectedly enchanted.
Jerrine TanOct 4, 2023
Emily Tamkin documents her Jiří Menzel binge and explains how and why his films hold up so well today.
Emily TamkinSep 28, 2023
Samuel Fury Childs Daly reviews artist Matthew Barney’s new film “Secondary.”
Samuel Fury Childs DalySep 27, 2023
Brynn Shiovitz reviews two new books on screen dance, Todd Decker’s “Astaire by Numbers: Time & the Straight White Male Dancer” and Matthew Frye...
Brynn ShiovitzSep 22, 2023
“Fleischer’s Animated News,” an animation industry comic from the 1930s, satirized working conditions similar to those motivating the Hollywood...
Paul MortonSep 19, 2023
Ariella Garmaise reviews Alissa Bennett’s compilation of celebrity-themed zines, collectively titled “Taxidermist’s Handbook.”
Ariella GarmaiseSep 13, 2023
Henry M. J. Tonks explains how Lawrence Kasdan’s “The Big Chill” gets generational politics all wrong—and why we still need to watch it.
Henry M. J. TonksSep 7, 2023
Alessandro Camon discusses the WGA/SAG strike as a turning point for Hollywood.
Alessandro CamonSep 3, 2023
Michael Kurcfeld reviews the 54th annual Les Rencontres d’Arles festival.
Michael KurcfeldSep 1, 2023
Alex Wellerstein assesses the depiction of J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s 2023 film.
Alex WellersteinAug 30, 2023
Veronica Gonzalez Peña and Aura Rosenberg have a conversation about their forthcoming film.
Veronica Gonzalez PeñaAug 25, 2023
In an excerpt from his forthcoming book “The Warner Brothers,” Chris Yogerst elucidates the history of the big Hollywood strikes of the 1940s.
Chris YogerstAug 22, 2023
Anna Dorn learns to love Taylor Swift.
Anna DornAug 21, 2023
Lori Marso explores feeling plastic in Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and the works of Chantal Akerman.
Lori MarsoAug 18, 2023
Asher Luberto examines Celine Song’s new film “Past Lives.”
Asher LubertoAug 6, 2023
Eileen G’Sell interviews German art film director Christian Petzold about his latest, “Afire.”
Eileen G’SellAug 3, 2023
Jonathan van Harmelen offers a historical account of the undersung, at times controversial, anti-racist western, John Sturges’s “Bad Day at Black...
Jonathan van HarmelenJul 27, 2023