The scholar and literary critic examines a relationship dynamic that has inspired some of the most significant, and provocative, novels of the past three centuries.
Even a child is unlikely to be entertained by the film's stream of Minecraft in-jokes--but fans of the director Jared Hess may find something else to excavate.
The first piece Kael wrote for The New Yorker, "Movies on Television," suggests why she remains a vexing influence in cinema more than a half century later.
The Michelle Williams-led series, about a woman seeking erotic fulfillment amid a terminal diagnosis, starts off as an unorthodox comedy--then deepens into something far better.
The late political scientist enjoined readers to look for opposition to authoritarian states not in revolutionary vanguards but in acts of quiet disobedience.