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Lay It Down

People love John Samson Fellows’s music. He doesn’t want to make it anymore.

Out Around the Bay

When Wanda bought the house, she didn’t imagine that anyone in the community would recognize that she and Lynn were queer.

The Threshold

The baby had come from a place none of us could remember. Our grandmother was headed there.

This Portentous Composition: Swan Lake's Place in Soviet Politics

How the classic ballet has changed—and been changed by—the history of Russia. 

What Do We See in War Movies?

On the visual language of American Sniper'71, The Hurt Locker, and Saving Private Ryan.

The Girls on Shit Duty

A weeklong trip filled with deep-fried shore meals does funny things to a man’s insides. When you have to clean up the grisly aftermath, all you can do is laugh.

'Just Get Seduced': An Interview with Lisandro Alonso and Viggo Mortensen

The director and star of Jauja on their strange and dreamlike new film, the importance of props, and the happy accidents of filmmaking.

Female Authority and the Male Leadership Myth

In the notoriously sexist and gossipy restaurant industry, "bosses" become "bitches" far too easily.

Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise

On Dennis Hopper's disavowed art-crime failure Backtrack, a film combining the work of Jenny Holzer, Jodie Foster as a glam-rock Patty Hearst, and Bob Dylan in a hardhat.