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RIP David Lynch, a Pop Culture Visionary Without Equal

January 16, 2025January 21, 2025 Neal Pollack 0 Comments David Lynch

We’re mourning the loss of our greatest cinematic artist

CREATORS FICTION FILM Netflix Writers

‘Carry-On’ and the Birth of the TSA Thriller

January 16, 2025January 23, 2025 Edward Schwarzschild 0 Comments Carry-on, In Security, TSA

If only publishers had realized the genre’s potential when I wrote my own TSA thriller several years ago

CREATORS Writers

Yukio Mishima and Donald Keene, Together Again

December 16, 2024May 20, 2025 Michael Washburn 3 Comments Donald Keene, Gakushuin Women's College, Henry Scott Stokes, Motonori Makino, Yukio Mishima

A new exhibit, timed just before the centennial of Mishima’s birth, shines light on the controversial author’s life and work

CREATORS TELEVISION

‘Creature Commandos’ Feels Fresh, Somehow

December 13, 2024December 17, 2024 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Anya Chalotra, Creature Commandos, David Harbour, DC, Indira Varma, James Gunn, Peacemaker, Sean Gunn, Viola Davis

James Gunn’s first official DC Universe offering on Max is nasty, brutish, short…and fun

Writers

‘Literary Men’ Aren’t Disappearing

December 10, 2024December 19, 2024 Neal Pollack 5 Comments Andrew Tate, David J. Morris, Donald Trump, Douglas Coupland, Evelyn Waugh, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Joe Rogan, Literary Men, The Handmaid's Tale

Maybe they never even existed

COMICS CREATORS Directors

Martin Scorsese: The Amazing Graphic Novel

December 3, 2024December 6, 2024 Elaine Margolin 0 Comments Amazing Ameziane, Brian DaPalma, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Mean Streets, Paul Schrader, Robert DeNiro

The French cartoonist Amazing Ameziane somehow channels the filmmaker’s psyche

Actors CREATORS

A Tribute to Teri Garr

October 30, 2024November 2, 2024 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments After Hours, David Letterman, Friends, Lisa Kudrow, Martin Scorsese, Mel Brooks, Terri Garr, Tootsie, Young Frankenstein

MS ended her career prematurely, but her comedic performances are timeless

CREATORS FICTION Remembrance Writers

Robert Coover: An Appreciation

October 9, 2024October 14, 2024 Michael Washburn 0 Comments

He was a stylish novelist and short story writer, who drew on a rich imagination over a decades-long career in letters.

Actors CREATORS FILM Remembrance

The Best of Maggie Smith

September 30, 2024October 3, 2024 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments A Room With A View, Dev Patel, Downton Abbey, Evil Under the Sun, Maggie Smith, Peter Ustinov, Sister Act, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The life and work of the legendary dame of stage and screen went far beyond ‘Downton Abbey’ and ‘Harry Potter’

CREATORS Writers

Shame on the Writers Who Refused to Appear at a Book Festival with Elisa Albert

September 23, 2024October 2, 2024 Neal Pollack 4 Comments Elisa Albert, Gabrielle Zevin, Joshua Leifer, The Snarling Girl

Their action is blatantly antisemitic and we cannot tolerate this any longer from the “literary” community

Politics Writers

Banned Books Week Issues A Call To Action For 2024

September 23, 2024September 26, 2024 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments American Library Association, Angie Thomas, Banned Books Week, Isabel Wilkerson, Jodi Picoult, PEN America, Texas Freedom to Read Project

Freedom To Read advocates are feeling the urgency of an election year.

CREATORS Directors DOCUMENTARY FILM

The Difficult Journey of ‘Holy Frit’

September 13, 2024 William Schwartz 0 Comments Holy Frit, Justin Monroe, Tim Carey

Making a documentary is hard enough. The real work these days comes in distribution. We interview the director of a universally-acclaimed film about why he’s having such a hard time finding a home for his work.

CREATORS TELEVISION

The International Success of ‘The Accident’ Is No Accident

September 11, 2024September 16, 2024 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Leonardo Padron, The Accident

An interview with the Venezuelan creator of the hit Netflix show, who based his show’s outrageous premise on real-life accounts

CREATORS Writers

A Surprise Appearance by Reclusive Author Orson Scott Card Steals the Show At Dragoncon

September 5, 2024September 11, 2024 Jamie Mason 0 Comments Chuck Wendig, DragonCon, Ender's Game, John Scalzi, Orson Scott Card

Sci-fi community had shunned ‘Ender’s Game’ creator for years because of his conservative political views

CREATORS Writers

The Plight of Deng Liting

August 27, 2024August 29, 2024 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Chinese Communist Party, Deng Liting, Taiwan, Wang Meng, Yang Hengjun

Taiwan’s shocking refusal to admit a dissident writer on the run from Chinese police should spark global outrage

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