One Good Film: "What Maisie Knew"
A sharp-eyed update of a Henry James novel with a resilient little girl at its center.
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What to Watch: "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma"
Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder go on a voyage of personal discovery in Jane Schoenbrun's new movie, and it's a hell of a ride.
In Review: "Coyote vs Acme," "The Dog Stars," "Peter Asher"
Plus a few words on two icons we've lost this week.
Watch List Digest 8/23/26
I guess this is a literary newsletter this week.
Book Review: "How to Prepare for the Past"
A phantasmagoric rock memoir from a man who apparently was everywhere. Plus: Billy Collins parodies Mary Oliver (or does he?) and some Criterion Channel picks.