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Interviews and essays exploring the culture of film
Novelists on Film
Personal takes on the impact of cinema
![Two or Three Things I Do Know About Cassavetes]()
Two or Three Things I Do Know About CassavetesReadStarting with Gena Rowlands
By Garth Risk Hallberg
![Tapping the Source: Robert Towne]()
Tapping the Source: Robert TowneReadTalking water and power with the Chinatown screenwriter
By Chiara Barzini
![Speaking Volumes]()
Speaking VolumesReadSpike Lee’s cultural prophecies resound from the sidewalk
By Ivy Pochoda
![Woman on the Verge]()
Woman on the VergereadA novelist's personal lens on Morvern Callar
![Beetlemania]()
BeetlemaniaReadAn ode to the gonzo-goth style of Beetlejuice
By Raven Smith
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Object LessonReadOlivier Assayas’s primal questions about ownership and identity
By Heidi Julavits
![I’m Still Alive]()
I’m Still AlivereadFinding solace in Stand by Me
By Ottessa Moshfegh
![On Drugs]()
On DrugsReadInebriation and film (and love and grief)
By Sean Thor Conroe
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What's Your Damage?readOn the queen bee of toxic-female-friendship films
By Sloane Crosley
In Conversation
Interviews with film artists
![Liminal Cinema: Alice Rohrwacher]()
Liminal Cinema: Alice RohrwacherReadThe La Chimera filmmaker reflects on old houses and Josh O'Connor
By Chiara Barzini
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The InterpreterReadAgnès Godard’s cinematography of devotion
By Yonca Talu
![Great Theaters: Cinémathèque de Tanger]()
Great Theaters: Cinémathèque de TangerreadHow artist Yto Barrada transformed a neglected cinema in Tangier
By Negar Azimi
![Pixar’s Unlikely Rival]()
Pixar’s Unlikely RivalreadFlow ’s director on the indie animation that conquered the world
![Chloë Sevigny’s Enduring Edge]()
Chloë Sevigny’s Enduring EdgereadThe actor remembers a landmark role
Travel Diaries
Cities through the eyes of filmmakers
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Travel Diaries: AthensreadChristos Nikou's cinematic view of the Greek capital
![Travel Diaries: Copenhagen]()
Travel Diaries: CopenhagenreadCostume designer Manon Rasmussen’s go-to spots for art, theater and textiles
![Travel Diaries: Vienna]()
Travel Diaries: ViennareadMarie Kreutzer on her hometown’s imperial history and modern energy
![Travel Diaries: Budapest]()
Travel Diaries: BudapestreadThe bridges, baths and landmarks that inspire director Lili Horvát
Galerie Presents
The Wim Wenders Experience A four-part conversation with the legend of New German Cinema By Josh Siegel read
Most Loved
Top Ten
Themed collections chosen by the experts
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Top 10: Movie OfficesReadOnscreen workplaces—from the dystopian to the hyperrealistic—reveal our attitudes toward corporate life
By Robert Bound
![Top 10: Nature as Character]()
Top 10: Nature as CharacterreadMovies where the environment plays a starring role, selected by a climate activist
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Top 10: Film InteriorsreadThe cinematic atmospheres that make the French design Festen duo swoon
![Top 10: Literary Biopics]()
Top 10: Literary BiopicsReadA novelist picks portraits that nail the writing life
By Christopher Bollen
![Top 10: Fashion Documentaries]()
Top 10: Fashion DocumentariesreadFashion’s man on the scene breaks down the art of the style documentary
By Derek Blasberg
