Is Dr. Luke Keeping the World From New Kesha Music?
In a new counterclaim in her long-running legal battle with Dr. Luke, the singer-songwriter alleges that Luke is preventing her from releasing a new album.
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Why Do Movies About ‘Resistance’ Ring So Hollow? Blame Liberalism.
Conventional stories about the struggle against authoritarianism can’t manage to keep the sides straight. By Malcolm Harris DisruptJ20…
M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ and Hollywood’s Failure on Mental Health
Some mental-health advocates say that M. Night Shyamalan’s new thriller erroneously links mental illness with violence. Below, one of them offers a list of alternate viewing options.
‘Hidden Figures’: Lessons for the Resistance in the Age of Trump
Theodore Melfi’s film about black women mathematicians is now the biggest movie in America — just in time to teach…
The Bones of St. Helena
Two cinematographers are capturing the secret history of a South Atlantic island full of the bones of Liberated Africans.
Shot in Syria, Directed Over Skype
The new documentary Little Gandhi commemorates Syria’s initially peaceful pro-democracy movement — but was filmed at great risk in the midst of the civil war that it became.
Eight Albums (Plus One Song) That We Really Enjoyed in 2016
A music list, compiled by our (mostly non-expert) panel.
The Best Television We Watched This Year
We know, we know, there’s too much out there. But these titles rose to the top.
It All Starts With a Doodle: Behind the Scenes With Our Creative Director
Pacific Standard’s art director reflects on some of her favorite graphics from the print magazine in 2016. By…
‘20th Century Women’ and Its Lessons for Feminism After Hillary Clinton
In one of 2016’s Oscar contenders, a united, all-female coalition against misogyny eventually splinters—but somehow manages to fulfill its goals anyway.