Dario Diofebi’s debut novel about Las Vegas and the people who get caught up in it thinks of Sin City as a microcosm for America. Is it? … More Paradise, Nevada and Las Vegas as America
Chloe Zhao’s adaptation of Nomadland was critically praised but earned some criticism for how it diverged from Jessica Bruder’s book. How do they compare? … More Book vs. Movie: Nomadland
A ranking-in-progress of the Best Actor winners at the Academy Awards from 2020 through 2029. … More Ranking the Best Actor Oscar Winners of the 2020s
A ranking-in-progress for all of the winners of Best Original Song at the Academy Awards from 2020 through 2029. … More Ranking the Best Original Song Oscar Winners of the 2020s
A ranking-in-progress of everyone who wins an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress from 2020 to 2029. … More Ranking the Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winners of the 2020s
A ranking-in-progress of every woman who wins the Academy Award for Best Actress between 2020 and 2029. … More Ranking the Best Actress Oscar Winners of the 2020s
A ranking-in-progress of the Best Picture winners at the Academy Awards between 2020 and 2029. … More Ranking the Best Picture Oscar Winners of the 2020s
A ranking-in-progress of every actor to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor from 2020-2029. … More Ranking the Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners of the 2020s
Guessing what will win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is very hard. But I’m going to try anyway. … More Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Predictions for 2021
In Maggie O’Farrell’s sterling Hamnet, she seeks to fill in the blanks of history to tell a deeply human story. … More Life and Death in the Margins: Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell
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