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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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A soft movie; a hard novella. For Slate

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

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The story behind a viral tweet. For Slate

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Like a kindergartener at Christmas. For Slate

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And now I am, too. For Slate

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

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On Robert Eggers’ horror film. For Slate

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

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