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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

The Most Anticipated Horror Novels of 2020

February 19, 2020February 19, 2020 Philip Fracassi 0 Comments Adam Cesare, Alma Katsu, Andy Davidson, Bentley Little, Bird Box, Dean Koontz, Grady Hendrix, Jeremy Robert Johnson, Joe Hill, Josh Malerman, Laird Barron, Michael Koryta, Paul Tremblay, Ramsey Campbell, Sarah Pinborough, Scott Carson, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Simone St. James, Stephen Graham Jones, Stephen King, Zoje Stage

The horror boom continues

Netflix TELEVISION

‘Cheer’ Vs. ‘Dare Me’

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Kristin Clifford 0 Comments Cheer, Dare Me, Megan Abbott

Which cheerleading show is on mat?

FICTION Young Adult

Into the ‘Deathless Divide’

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Deathless Divide, Dread Nation, Justina Ireland

In this sequel to ‘Dread Nation,’ biracial girls fight zombies in the American West

Biography Featured Stories NON-FICTION

‘You Never Forget Your First’: Rescuing George Washington From the “Thigh Men”

February 17, 2020February 19, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Alexis Coe, Dan Carlin, George Washington, Karen Abbott, Sarah Vowell, You Never Forget Your First

Alexis Coe and the rise of Hipster History

FILM TRAILERS

The French Dispatch: Wes Anderson’s Homage to The New Yorker and French Cinema

February 17, 2020February 16, 2020 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments Adrien Brody, Anjelica Huston, Benicio del Toro, Bill Murray, Elisabeth Moss, Frances McDormand, French Dispatch, Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Melville, Owen Wilson, Stephen Park, The New Yorker, Tilda Swinton, Wes Anderson

The trailer for the bluest Blue State movie ever has arrived

FILM

Flesh for Fantasy

February 15, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments

Blumhouse’s reboot of the supernatural TV show ‘Fantasy Island’ is no dream vacation

FICTION

Six Unromantic Books for Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Carmen Maria Machado, Emma Copley Eisenberg, Maggie Nelson, Margaret Atwood, Melissa Broder, Patricia Highsmith, Valentine's Day

Gift the literary weirdo in your life

TELEVISION

Diagnosis: Grim

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Childrens Hospital, Craig Robinson, David Wain, Erinn Hayes, Henry Winkler, Jason Schwartzman, Malin Ackerman, Medical Police, Megan Mullaly, Rob Corrdry, Rob Huebel

‘Medical Police’ doesn’t have the laughs to be a worthy ‘Childrens Hospital’ successor

FILM MUSIC Theater

Wintertime, and the Livin’ is Easy

February 13, 2020February 19, 2020 Ayun Halliday 2 Comments Fathom Events, Porgy and Bess

At a “problematic” screening of Porgy and Bess

FICTION Politics

Barnes and Noble Did Nothing Wrong

February 12, 2020February 18, 2020 Neal Pollack 2 Comments American Dirt, Barnes and Noble, Barnes and Noble Diversity Edition, David Bowles, Doug Melville, Hurston Wright Foundation, Moby Dick, Penguin Random House, Romeo and Juliet, Sofia Quintero

How a dopey “diversity initiative” ignited another round of book-banning

Netflix TELEVISION

The Key to Success

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina, Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones, Jackson Robert Scott, Locke and Key, Netflix, Stranger Things

With ‘Locke and Key’, Netflix adapts itself

FICTION

Stormy ‘Weather’

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 Deborah Wassertzug 0 Comments 11 Experiments that Failed, 17 things I'm not allowed to do anymore, Dept. of Speculation, Jenny Offill, Weather

In Jenny Offill’s New Novel, a Librarian Meets Doomsday Preppers

FICTION

The Rise of Competence Porn

February 11, 2020February 15, 2020 Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell 0 Comments A Princess in Theory, Competence Porn, Jen DeLuca, Kate Clayborn, Love Lettering, Playing House, Ruby Lang, The Right Swipe, Well Met

Books about talented, hardworking nerds in love

FILM

‘The Assistant’, a Harvey Weinstein Horror Movie

February 11, 2020 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Harvey Weinstein, Julia Garner, Kitty Green, Matthew Macfayden, The Assistant

No sugar-coating or slickness here

FILM

And The Oscar for 2019’s Best Telenovela Goes To…Parasite!

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments 1917, Best Director, Best Picture, Bong Joon-Ho, Eminem, Greta Thunberg, Janelle Monae, Lose Yourself, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Parasite, South Korea, Telenovela

The return of Radical Chic

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