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‘Anora’ Is A Best Picture Frontrunner: It Shouldn’t Be

The film is Sean Baker’s weakest work, offering up a manic pixie dream stripper, not a real person

Dec 29, 2024

‘Anora’ Is A Best Picture Frontrunner: It Shouldn’t Be

Dec 29, 2024

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Amy Adams and the Search For A Language of American Motherhood

Adams brings the lonely isolation of American motherhood to the silver screen in inimitable style. I call her a hero.

Dec 22, 2024

Amy Adams and the Search For A Language of American Motherhood

Dec 22, 2024

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Can We Get A ‘No Scrubs’ for Gen Z?

TLC’s hip-hop/pop divas imparted knowledge, offered advice, and did so with unimpeachable panache. Is there any equivalent today?

Dec 11, 2024

Can We Get A ‘No Scrubs’ for Gen Z?

Dec 11, 2024

‘Megalopolis’ Ostensibly Likes Motherhood. Why Does It Feel So Weird?

Motherhood is elevated in ‘Megalopolis.’ Why am I still disappointed?

Nov 6, 2024

‘Megalopolis’ Ostensibly Likes Motherhood. Why Does It Feel So Weird?

Nov 6, 2024

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Motherless Middle Earth

Tolkien’s brilliant LOTR creation unfolds in a fantasy world where fathers matter and mothers don’t actually exist

Sep 19, 2024

Motherless Middle Earth

Sep 19, 2024

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Letting the Moms Live

Give motherhood a chance, Hollywood. And cast Rachel McAdams.

Jul 23, 2024

Letting the Moms Live

Jul 23, 2024

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‘Franklin’ Is About the French Revolution As Much As America’s

French money made America possible, but France’s aristocratic decadence made the French Revolution inevitable

Jun 9, 2024

‘Franklin’ Is About the French Revolution As Much As America’s

Jun 9, 2024

‘Civil War:’ Catastrophe Porn Hits A Nadir

The Lincoln Monument explodes, no one learns anything, and everyone loses. But Kirsten Dunst is magnificent.

May 9, 2024

‘Civil War:’ Catastrophe Porn Hits A Nadir

May 9, 2024

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In ‘Dune 2’, Lady Jessica Goes Full Stage Mom

Where the film falls short of the book

Apr 2, 2024

In ‘Dune 2’, Lady Jessica Goes Full Stage Mom

Apr 2, 2024

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Motherhood’s Street Cred At The ’24 Oscars

Motherhood’s rep at the Academy is usually lousy, but this year feels different

Feb 13, 2024

Motherhood’s Street Cred At The ’24 Oscars

Feb 13, 2024

Jessicah Lahitou

Jessicah Lahitou

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Writer on Education, Politics, and Pop Culture. I stan all things Marilynne Robinson, and I’m still here for Saul Bellow.

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