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Displaying all articles tagged:
Emily Dickinson
a long talk
Dec. 24, 2021
Alena Smith Closes the Book on
Dickinson
The creator and showrunner on fulfilling her vision for the Apple TV+ series, those closing moments, and the elusive meaning of hope.
By
Jackson McHenry
overnights
Dec. 3, 2021
Dickinson
Recap: 20th-Century Women
Em and Vinnie travel to the future to meet with Sylvia Plath at a mid-century sad-girl summit.
By
Jessica Goldstein
overnights
Nov. 5, 2021
Dickinson
Recap: I Think the Poets Might Disagree
The war may be raging, but Emily has poetry to get published.
By
Jessica Goldstein
overnights
Nov. 5, 2021
Dickinson
Recap: Love, Labor, Loss
As Frazar goes off to war, it’s baby time for Sue and Austin.
By
Jessica Goldstein
close reads
Jan. 8, 2021
The Key to
Dickinson
Season Two Is a Woman Named Lola Montez
A legendary and scandalous figure from the 19th century is only a tiny part of the plot, but she plays a major role in the season’s central theme.
By
Kathryn VanArendonk
trailer mix
Dec. 11, 2020
Emily Goes Viral in the
Dickinson
Season 2 Trailer
She’s not here for the printing press, she’s here for the party.
By
Devon Ivie
black birders
June 4, 2020
Black Birding Is About Hope
Talking to Corina Newsome, co-organizer of the first-ever Black Birders Week.
By
Kathleen Hou
emergency discussion
Nov. 7, 2019
All Hail
Dickinson
, a TV Show Made Specifically for Literary Weirdos
We feel like we’re being trolled.
By
Kathryn VanArendonk
and
Jackson McHenry
history lesson
Nov. 6, 2019
Emily Dickinson Didn’t Really Get High on Opium at a House Party, Right?
It’s doubtful, but we asked a Dickinson scholar just to be sure.
By
Rachel Handler
adaptations
Nov. 1, 2019
Let’s Set More of Our Literary Idols on Fire
Alena Smith’s
Dickinson
blows a mouthful of pot smoke in the face of the biopic genre. More, please!
By
Hillary Kelly
tv review
Oct. 29, 2019
Dickinson
Is a Different, Better Kind of Origin Story
The new Apple TV+ comedy starring Hailee Steinfeld is the sexy, queer, goth coming-of-age tale of your surrealist dreams.
By
Kathryn VanArendonk
wild nights with emily
Apr. 18, 2019
Behind the New, Gloriously Queer Emily Dickinson Movie
In
Wild Nights With Emily,
the poet’s madly in love with her brother’s wife. The director says it’s the first and only time we’ve seen the real Emily.
By
Rachel Handler
movie review
Apr. 11, 2017
Emily Dickinson Biopic
A Quiet Passion
Is Overly Mannered, But Saved by Its End
Some of the film fulfills the promise of director Terence Davies, but much of it is cringeworthy.
By
David Edelstein
it’s complicated
Mar. 23, 2017
25 Women on Being Famous
Zadie Smith, Adele, J.K. Rowling, and more on what it’s really like in the spotlight.
By
Julie Ma
exclusive
Mar. 21, 2017
Watch Cynthia Nixon Inhabit Emily Dickinson in This
Quiet Passion
Clip
The biopic of the reclusive poet opens in New York April 14.
By
Kevin Lincoln
Oct. 8, 2016
Was Emily Dickinson Gay? Director Terence Davies Says It Doesn’t Matter
Cynthia Nixon stars in a biopic about the poet.
By
Jenni Miller
trailer mix
Aug. 17, 2016
Watch Cynthia Nixon in
A Quiet Passion
Trailer
A very poetic drama about one of the most famous poets of all time.
By
Devon Ivie
casting couch
Sept. 11, 2012
Cynthia Nixon to Play Emily Dickinson
But who will play the fly?
By
Amanda Dobbins