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You could assemble an entire library of contemporary work fixated on literary imitation, appropriation and theft. Credit...Somnath Bhatt Supported by By Emily Eakin Emily Eakin is a senior editor at ...

As any dedicated, detail-driven fan of the blockbuster franchise knows, the first Quiet Place film started with a black screen and the words "DAY 89'"in stark, clinical white as instruments groaned ...

What is Anatomy of a Fall about? Anatomy of a Fall is a legal drama that revolves around the death of Samuel Maleski, an aspiring writer and occasional professor. His son finds him on the ground after ...

It sounds more like the plot of a political thriller than real life: a conspiracy by powerful business interests to overthrow the US government and install a totalitarian dictatorship. The ...

Nothing amplifies a popular trend more than a prominent critic making a noisy case against it. In her 2021 polemic, “The Case Against the Trauma Plot,” the literary critic Parul Sehgal argued that ...