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At the Paris Review, Megan Abbott writes about Dorothy B. Hughes and American noir. “Reading Dorothy B. Hughes’s novel In a Lonely Place for the first time is like finding the long-lost final piece to an enormous puzzle. Within its Spanish bungalows, its eucalyptus-scented shadows, you feel as […]
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At Arré, friend of the Gutter Aditi Sen writes about the making of Coolie, the near death of Amitabh Bachchan and a different India. “Coolie is a film that tells us that chaos will eventually be restored, that truth and justice will prevail over falsehood and avarice. It […]
Meredith Lewis has shared an extract from her new book, Ask For The Moon: Innovation At Shaw Brothers Studios: “Chopsocky flicks have a dire reputation among most of us Westerners. The average man on the street thinks of badly made films, peopled by corny actors in silly wigs, […]
Please enjoy this thread of Kate Kane’s fashions when she’s not wearing her Batwoman costume.
Kathleen O’Mara charts “The Lady Hero’s Journey” at McSweeney’s. “A woman tries to set out on The Hero’s Journey only to find that Joseph Campbell didn’t believe that women take The Hero’s Journey. She must instead embark on The Lady Hero’s Journey.”
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