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X’s Favorite Movie

What did the director and star of Citizen Vigilante think they were doing? For Slate

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Is Heathcliff Black?

A debate that can’t be won. For Slate

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The Lonely Theatre Doom Loop

What it’s like to live in a place where most screenings are empty. For Slate

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Netflix’s Train Dreams Is Beautiful, Moving, and Missing Something

A soft movie; a hard novella. For Slate

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(Please) Stand By Me

How a movie with zero girls in it became our tweenage favorite. For Slate

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Does The Pioneer Woman Really Own The Land From Killers of the Flower Moon?

The story behind a viral tweet. For Slate

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Elf Is A Movie About My Life

Like a kindergartener at Christmas. For Slate

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My Daughter is Obsessed with Gaston From Beauty and the Beast

And now I am, too. For Slate

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The Real Story Of Queen Elizabeth’s Toxic White Makeup

The iconic white paint that might have poisoned a queen. For Slate

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The Deadly Accuracy of The Witch

On Robert Eggers’ horror film. For Slate

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Who Was Hugh Glass?

Essay on the tellings and retellings of Glass’ biography. For Slate

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Driving Off Into the Sunset

Essay on the Fast and the Furious film franchise. For Virginia Quarterly Review