Big plans: the latest from Ridley Scott, trailblazing auteur–turned–late-career journeyman, is an epic biopic of the war-mongering emperor that turns out to be a bit weirder than it initially seems
Perchance to dream: a satire on celebrity and cancel culture, Kristoffer Borgli’s new Nicholas Cage–vehicle, Dream Scenario, treads the thin line between critique and caricature
Material history: Dominik Graf discusses his latest documentary, an investigation of the numerous German writers and artists who collaborated (often quietly) with the Nazi regime
How Soon Is Now? The Killer, David Fincher’s latest entry in the canon of cinema du sociopath is a sleek, meticulously assembled film lives up to its punny tagline: “Execution Is Everything.”
Real guns or replicas? Blank fire or special effects? The killing of a cinematographer on a film set has some in the industry rethinking their approach to firearms.
EXCLUSIVE: A documentary charting an expedition to the ancient capital of Genghis Khan’s empire is in the works with French outfit Pernel Media. Pernel’s premium history show is being [...]
Peaky Blinders producer Caryn Mandabach Productions (CMP) is developing a historical drama series with BAFTA-nominated Elizabeth scribe Michael Hirst and End of the F***ing World director Jonathan [...]
BBC Unveils Xmas Slate Including ‘Peaky Blinders’ Dance Performance & Rebecca Ferguson Doc The BBC has unveiled its Christmas schedule featuring a wealth of pre-announced scripted [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Former RX France execs Liliane da Cruz and Samira Haddi have launched Indicium Consulting, an events management biz for the entertainment industry. The pair, who exited Mipcom and MipTV [...]
With its seventh weekend numbers tallied, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour has topped the $250M global benchmark. At $250.01M per AMC, the split is a little over $178.2M domestic with $71.8M coming from [...]
waragainstintelligence:Poetry turns all things to loveliness; it exalts the beauty of that which is most beautiful, and it adds beauty to that which is most deformed; it marries exultation and [...]
waragainstintelligence:Rome has fallen, ye see it lyingHeaped in undistinguished ruin:Nature is alone undying.Percy Bysshe Shelley, ‘Fragment: Rome and Nature’
waragainstintelligence:With us, everything is concentrated on the spiritual, we became poor so that we could become rich.Hölderlin, Communism of Spirits
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“This is in the nature of capitalism. Because capital is not money. It’s not like cash in your pocket. Capital is money meant to make more money; cash in your pocket is [...]
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“History exists because the oppressed exist. The struggle against nature, and then against the different social organisations of the struggle against nature, is always the [...]
In 1947, a New Mexico rancher found mysterious debris on his land. UFO author Garrett Graff links the Roswell incident to the "deep state" conspiracy theories and misinformation of today.
"Authentic" was one of this year's most looked-up words, according to the lexical leader. That speaks volumes about our quest for truth in an age of algorithms and online artifice.
Florencia gives star Ailyn Pérez a rare chance to sing in Spanish. As the bilingual daughter of Mexican immigrants, she learned early on that language had the power to shape her experience and voice.
Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki's melancholy romantic comedy about two lonely souls trapped in dead-end jobs builds to a gorgeous ending — with a great and revelatory final joke.
Maris Kreizman, cultural critic, talks to authors you should know about their own books and the books they love, the shows and films they’ve watched, the #music they’ve listened to, and the links they’ve clicked. #culture #film #podcast
This week on The Maris Review, K-Ming Chang joins Maris Kreizman to discuss Organ Meats, out now from One World.
K-Ming Chang is a Kundiman Fellow, a Lambda Literary Award finalist, and a National [...]
This week on The Maris Review, Ed Park joins Maris Kreizman to discuss Same Bed Different Dreams, out now from Random House.
Ed Park is the author of the novels Personal Days and Same Bed Different [...]
This week on The Maris Review, Stephanie Land joins Maris Kreizman to talk about her new book Class, out now from Atria Books.
Stephanie Land is the author of the New York Times bestseller Maid: [...]
This week on The Maris Review, Jesse David Fox joins Maris Kreizman to talk about Comedy Book, out now from FSG.
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This week on The Maris Review, Molly McGhee joins Maris Kreizman to discuss Jonathan Abernathy, You Are Kind, out now from Astra House.
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