BooksfromThe Nation1 month agoGeorge Whitmore's Unsparing Queer FictionA 1987 novel titled Nebraska uses the state's flat, isolating landscape to frame a family chamber drama that serves as an oblique allegory of AIDS.
FilmfromVulture10 months agoWhy Julia Ducournau Was 'Scared' to Make AlphaDucournau's 'Alpha' explores themes of transformation and societal stigma through a haunting allegory of a virus that turns the infected to stone.