Readings

Around the happy moments with my autistic daughter lurks the anxiety, even worse under the new administration, that she will lose her right to be educated at her neighbourhood school.

Imagine finding out your father wasn't the man you thought he was. Imagine finding out he was your mother's fertility doctor.

Discussing the amphetamine logic of How to Murder Your Life.

Growing up with my lout of a father, my fear-shocked brain demanded that I remain thankful for every moment I remained safe or alive. But I rarely said thanks—until the one day I did.

During her brief '80s reign as one of film's biggest stars, Cher didn't disappear into roles—she brought her indelible presence to bear on women thought to be invisible and cast them into the light.

If it somehow took Milo’s appearance to reveal Bill Maher’s true form to you, perhaps you have some reckoning to do with your own Islamophobic bullshit.

What did it take for the most famous and widely read American film critic ever to hand out his lowest possible rating, issued only a few dozen times in a 10,000-plus review career?

A requiem for a greyhound.

The screenwriter and co-creator of Billions on breaking into the industry, getting married young, and the genius of Garry Shandling.