Can ‘Westworld’ Give Us New Ways of Talking About Slavery?
In its first four episodes, HBO’s latest Sunday-night extravaganza takes its postcolonialism seriously. By David Perry Westworld. (Photo: HBO)…
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Seeking My Sister in an Afghan War Memorial
Eight years after my sister died in Kabul, I return to the temporary Artists Transforming Afghanistan exhibit in…
Ghosts and the American Conscience
“The slave ships to the Americas are still sailing,” intoned the historian Marcus Rediker, “only they’re ghost ships…
The Creeping Tyranny of ‘Designated Survivor’
Kiefer Sutherland returns for another round of neoconservative revenge fantasy. By Jared Keller Designated Survivor. (Photo: ABC) In 1862,…
Maybe Parents Should Have Guarded Their Kids From ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
Another study indicates that PG-13 movies are selling explicit and realistic violence to kids—at levels surpassing that of R-rated films.
Presidential Movies: A Flattery Scale
Last month’s Southside With You joins a long line of fawning narratives about American presidents — a list that offers…
North Korea’s Rising Video Bloggers
Foreigners can access a variety of sites and channels that offer glimpses of life in the DPRK. But…
California Moves to End Hollywood Age Discrimination
Governor Jerry Brown has passed a law requiring entertainment databases to remove age information upon subscribers’ request—which will ultimately allow more actresses to lie about their age.
Poland’s Memory Problem
The country’s new conservative government ushers in a troubling approach to curating Poland’s legacy. By Dara Bramson Jan…
A Stranger in the House of Memory
Of the many experts who figured in Henry Molaison’s life, one man would change him into amnesiac patient…