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Prowling for You: On Watching Sex Scenes as a Woman

Jeva Lange·
Issue 49: Sex
Ecstasy (1933)
There are very few sex scenes made for skin-hungry female eyes. Such a thing is not supposed to exist. We are not supposed to exist. Read More

In Defense of Sentimental Schlock: A Taxonomy of Made-for-Television Holiday Films

Elisabeth Geier·
Issue 42: Holidays
The Christmas Shoes (2002) | CBS
Add a little eggnog to that rum. Settle in to your corner of the couch. Turn on the flatscreen. Refer to this guide to made-for-television holiday films. Read More

The Varieties of Religious Experience

Matt Brennan·
Issue 40: Faith
This is the work of The Leftovers, The Americans, and Rectify, three TV series that treat the total reaction, and not simply the doctrine. Read More

You Know What You’re Doing

Miranda Dubner·
Issue 37: Steven Spielberg
A look at the Indiana Jones films through the eyes of Marion Ravenwood Read More

The Two Christians

Soraya Roberts·
Issue 37: Steven Spielberg
Christian Slater is binary. He is both a one and a zero. There is him, then there is the him inside him. Read More

Now Playing!

Fran Hoepfner·
Issue 36: IdentityNew Releases
What's Fran watching these days? Read More

Does My Mother Dream of Electric Sheep?

Alex Dabertin·
Issue 35: Sci-Fi
I have begun to suspect that boys who grew up with mothers like mine—or responsible grown men who have made their way through a world inhabited by mothers like mine—have started making movies reflective of that experience. Read More

Either it’s Raining, or I’m Dreaming

Kelsey Ford·
Issue 31: Reflections on 2015
That old Joan Didion aphorism—“We tell ourselves stories in order to live”—has never felt more real to me than it did this year. Read More

Stranger In A Very Slightly Strange Land

Charles Bramesco·
FestivalsIssue 29: Lenses
Charles Bramesco attends TIFF. Read More

The Golden Age of Grapefruit

Eloise Ross·
Issue 29: Lenses
A grapefruit is never dull; on the contrary, it’s often the center of attention. Read More

Talk This Way

Zosha Millman·
Issue 29: Lenses
Coded into our inflections and pronunciations are our experiences of race, gender, class—life. Read More

“This Isn’t like Any Other Profession Out There”: A found poem

Arielle Greenberg·
Issue 29: Lenses
"Don’t mind the cameras till you to talk to them." Read More
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