Hope in the Dark

One Stone at a Time

On building Jewish homes in "The Brutalist" and "A Real Pain."

Published on Ministry of Pop Culture • Feb 24

August 2024

TV Critic Emily Nussbaum on the Messy, Enthralling History of Reality TV

The New Yorker writer talks about her acclaimed new book 'Cue the Sun.'

Published on Ministry of Pop Culture • Aug 14, 2024

May 2024

"It Is Just So Validating to Have Books in the World"

A conversation with Amy Shearn, author of "Dear Edna Sloane," about writing fiction, the challenges of a literary career, stoned teenagers, Thomas…

May 14, 2024 • 

Saul Austerlitz

8

1

April 2024

Cough drops and flagrant liars

Why "The Truth vs. Alex Jones" is the year's best documentary so far

Apr 16, 2024 • 

Saul Austerlitz

4

3

March 2024

Every body

On the best documentary of 2023, Claire Simon's "Our Body"

Mar 22, 2024 • 

Saul Austerlitz

3

February 2024

"40 Years Ahead of the Game"

A brief word with Ridley Scott on the making of "Blade Runner"

Feb 20, 2024 • 

Saul Austerlitz

5

Get in Loser, We're Reading a Book

A conversation with Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, the author of the new book "So Fetch"

Feb 6, 2024 • 

Saul Austerlitz

4

January 2024

Braugher laughs!

Missing one of the great actors--comic and dramatic--of our era

Jan 8, 2024 • 

Saul Austerlitz

5

2

Mixed Blessings

How do you promote an Israeli movie in a time of war?

Jan 3, 2024 • 

Saul Austerlitz

6

1

December 2023

November 2023