Katharine Coldiron

Katharine Coldiron is the author of Ceremonials, an SPD Bestseller. Her work has appeared in Ms., the Washington Post, Conjunctions, LARB, and many other places. Find her at kcoldiron.com and on Twitter @ferrifrigida

Melodrama-Rama: Absorbing Delight

by Katharine Coldiron | September 20, 2022

The Telugu film RRR is an incredible mixture of genres, influences, and ideas: a historical epic with obvious ahistorical qualities, a combat-heavy actioner with exuberant song-and-dance numbers, a homosocial friendship drama with recognizably romantic montages. Strong notes of melodrama accent its potent blend. These notes appear not just literally—in musical form—but also within the film’s […]

Melodrama-Rama: Local Feelings

by Katharine Coldiron | June 7, 2022

A few weekends ago I drove to the teeny beach town of Oceano. I had received a tip that, somewhere on California’s Central Coast, someone was performing live melodramas.

Melodrama-Rama: Where Do I Begin?

by Katharine Coldiron | May 5, 2022

Katharine Coldiron's new column Melodrama-Rama takes readers on a beguiling tour of the world of melodrama.