Romantic comedies, Fantômas, and The Manchurian Candidate

Are romantic comedies finding their home on the small screen? As Meg Ryan signs on to Too Much, Lena Dunham’s upcoming Netflix series, Benjamin Wilson and Dashiel Silva explore whether the genre is undergoing a long-form revival — and what that shift means for cinema as we know it. Plus: the newly restored 1913 serial Fantômas — all inky shadows and theatrical intrigue — reminds us how early cinema shaped everything from film noir to comic book heroes. And a cold and calculating turn from Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate. We consider why her performance remains one of the most haunting — and subversive — in film history.

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