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The Unhappiest Two: The Impossible Demand in Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Scenes from a Marriage’

The Unhappiest Two: The Impossible Demand in Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Scenes from a Marriage’

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Paul Dano’s ‘Wildlife’ Sears with the Drama of a Family’s Emotional Upheaval

Paul Dano’s ‘Wildlife’ Sears with the Drama of a Family’s Emotional Upheaval

An early scene of a raging forest fire becomes the overarching metaphor for Paul Dano's Wildlife, as a young man stands in the path of a different kind of destructive force.

‘The Best of Everything’ and ‘The Group’ Don’t Feel Defeatist for Women – They Feel Survivalist

‘The Best of Everything’ and ‘The Group’ Don’t Feel Defeatist for Women – They Feel Survivalist

We tend to err on the side of delusion for the sake of sanity. Rona Jaffe's The Best of Everything and Mary McCarthy's The Group, however, do not.

‘Til Death Do You Part: And Other Thoughts About Family

‘Til Death Do You Part: And Other Thoughts About Family

Annabelle Gurwitch's humorous memoir, Wherever You Go, There They Are, captures how one is forever in the thralls of the family -- no matter the form that family takes.
‘Loving’, An Urgent Work of Compelling Quietude

‘Loving’, An Urgent Work of Compelling Quietude

Loving is particularly resonant at a time when many in America may feel as if their own inherent rights are on shaky ground.
On Being Up a Creek with Only a Paddle

On Being Up a Creek with Only a Paddle

Love Is a Canoe is about how people in love will latch onto any floating bit of debris to salvage their sinking relationships.

‘Astray’ Fastens on the Emigrant, the Traveler, the Individual Who Leaves Home

On the Road, with Child: ‘Nine Months’

Hitting Close to Home: Relating to Catherine’s “Family Values”

The Taming of the Dude: ‘Catherine’ and the Sex Comedy

‘Mr. Peanut’: Malice in Marriage

I Heart My In-Laws by Dina Koutas Poch