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Jo Livingstone is a former staff writer at
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May 19, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Race and Royalty
Reverend Michael Curry's sermon added a glowing moral dimension to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
May 17, 2018
Jo Livingstone
In
On Chesil Beach
, a Longing Unfulfilled
Ian McEwan’s tale of a honeymoon gone awry hits the big screen.
May 16, 2018
Jo Livingstone
The Big, Bad Truth of Michelle Tea
The writer's new essay collection "Against Memoir" brings the unwritten queer past to the light.
May 14, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Aline Kominsky-Crumb Has One Regret
The artist looks back over a legendary career in comics.
May 11, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Something Is Damp in the State of Denmark
Netflix's new horror series "The Rain" makes a mess of a genuinely scary premise.
May 8, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Getting Into the Holy Spirit
What the Met Gala said about the relationship between Catholic art and contemporary America
May 7, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Weird Fiction Is Alive
Decades apart, the stories of Robert Aickman and Rita Bullwinkel channel an eerie spirit.
May 2, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Why Is Everything So Hideous?
On the bad digital design we cannot escape
May 1, 2018
Jeet Heer
,
Alex Shephard
,
Jo Livingstone
Is Marvel Killing the Movies?
A roundtable discussion of "Avengers: Infinity War," the 19th installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
April 30, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Circle of Trust
"Disobedience" is an intimate, subtle examination of a tight-knit community, told through a lesbian love affair.
April 27, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Did Math Kill God?
A new book on Renaissance mathematics makes a bold case.
April 24, 2018
Jo Livingstone
The First Great Film Adaptation of Chekhov’s
The Seagull
Michael Mayer's take on the classic play features a stellar cast, a roving camera, and plenty of subtext.
April 20, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Brain Damage
"I Feel Pretty" is a comedy robbed of all its potential magic by its disappointing script.
April 18, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Damned If He Does, If He Don’t
Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize reveals the way hip-hop has scrambled the distinction between music and literature.
April 13, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Green Party
A new show of French garden art at the Met explores the politics of verdant leisure spaces.
April 11, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Sight and Silence
"A Quiet Place" is a subtle exploration of film's aural component. It's also the best alien invasion horror flick in years.
April 9, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Does Crafting Make People Happier?
Three new books reveal the tangled ethics of the artisanal life.
April 5, 2018
Jo Livingstone
The
Paris Review
announces its new editor: Emily Nemens.
April 4, 2018
Jo Livingstone
The Strange Online Aesthetic of the YouTube Shooting Suspect
What Nasim Najafi Aghdam’s social media content reveals about art and life on the internet
April 3, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Systems Overload
"Collateral," a new police procedural on Netflix, broods over the refugee crisis.
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