novels
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You Didn’t Finish Watching the Lord of the Rings TV Show
Yes, lots of people saw the first episode of Rings of Power, but the last episode? Not so much.
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Birth/Rebirth Slices Into a Grisly Tale of Motherhood
Heartbreak and body horror intersect in Laura Moss’ Birth/Rebirth, a homage to Frankenstein and David Cronenberg’s visceral nightmares that also puts motherhood — in various senses of the word — under the microscope. It just premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and will stream on Shudder later this year.
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His Dark Materials Stops Monkeying Around
If you haven’t read or watched His Dark Materials, it’s hard to explain how weird it is. This is its greatest strength, I believe, but also its biggest weakness, because while each part is intensely creative, when more closely examined in isolation, these parts can be utterly bizarre. Case in point: I just watched Ruth Wilson,…
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Workers Accuse Amazon’s Rings of Power of Environmental Damage in New Zealand
Amazon’s new hit show, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, brought viewers back to the gorgeous world Middle-earth, once again filmed in New Zealand. But the country’s pristine landscape may be suffering under this production and others, as workers speaking to The Guardian described vast waste and lack of care for the…