Michelle Orange

Happy birthday to PURE FLAME, and to my mom, who would have turned 77 today. I’m so grateful for this considered, generous review: nytimes.com/2021/06/01/boo…

“Romvari emphasizes the fracturing effects of Jeremy’s chaos, the way trauma can isolate, replicating the estrangement from which it springs.” — @michelleorange on BLUE HERON, in this week’s @4_columns. 4columns.org/orange-michell…

“​​Plenty of Leni Riefenstahl’s signature self-pity and prevarication is on display here, redolent now as ever of the many uses of doublespeak.”—@michelleorange writes about “Riefenstahl,” the new documentary directed by Andres Veiel 4columns.org/orange-michell…

"The context Riefenstahl insisted upon, across decades spent trying to puzzle together a viable edit of her own story, is also what condemns her." —@michelleorange on RIEFENSTAHL, in this week's @4_columns. 4columns.org/orange-michell…

This week's Top 5: ➡️ Dark-web dealing ➡️ A cruel tradition ➡️ Revisiting Twain ➡️ Flushing in flux ➡️ An unlikely reunion longreads.com/2025/05/30/the…

"They have names like Hashtag Uppity, Flamin Paws, Mizzen the Point, and Corona Virus. . . At top speed, the greyhound inhabits its modern ensign: almost completely horizontal, a flying em dash." @michelleorange @oxfordamerican oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/greyhou…

My new story about the last two active greyhound racetracks in the country, for @oxfordamerican, is also a sneak preview of DOG PEOPLE, forthcoming from @astrahousebooks. oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/greyhou…

For your long-weekend reading list--then check out the whole terrific issue.

“Unlike the novel, Almodóvar paves a smooth and stylish path for Martha’s departure…focusing on a friendship that lacks the spark of life.” —@michelleorange on THE ROOM NEXT DOOR, in this week’s @4_columns. 4columns.org/orange-michell…

I wrote about THE ROOM NEXT DOOR, Pedro Almodóvar's solemn, strangely hollow first English-language feature, @4_columns 4columns.org/orange-michell…

After 21 years in the U.S., this immigrant and newly naturalized citizen has voted in her first federal election. If you haven't already and if you can: please, please vote today.

@michelledean She has...mellowed some over the years.

Ten years today with this beauty girl.

“In its willingness to linger, to foreground character as a function of existence in time, Annie Baker’s film is closely allied with the work of Chantal Akerman: scenes of gloom and stillness offset by streaks of life.”—@michelleorange on “Janet Planet” 4columns.org/orange-michell…

@alanziegler @likaluca Seconding, I stumbled upon it and bought a print of the mosaic there to remember the amazement of that discovery. Walking the Appia Antica: also unforgettable.

@likaluca Basilica of San Clemente. Enter in the 12th Century, go down one level to the 4th Century, and one more level to ancient Roman ruins. Near the Colosseum.

@DavidCote I hope you love the movie, and thank you. 🙏

I wrote about Annie Baker's JANET PLANET and its portrait of a most tender mother-daughter rupture @4_columns. 4columns.org/orange-michell…

I get to speak with Geoffrey Mak about MEAN BOYS, his extraordinary debut, at @booksaremagicbk tonight, come join us!

I wrote about WE LOVED IT ALL, Lydia Millet's first nonfiction book, @4_columns. 4columns.org/orange-michell…