‘The Night Of’ and the Enduring Power of Police Procedurals
The HBO adaptation of the British drama isn’t just the epitome of the modern crime serial — it’s a reflection…
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In Defense of a Performance That Needs No Defense: Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin Impression
Revisionist History host Malcolm Gladwell has called Fey’s viral performance “toothless”—which is entirely at odds with how social scientists and the polls view it eight years later.
Why the Box Office Will Probably Acquit Nate Parker
The director of The Birth of a Nation has acknowledged that he was charged with rape in college. Some are discussing a boycott, which would mean working against powerful consumer trends.
The Female-Driven Blockbuster Isn’t New—It’s Old
Ghostbusters and Ocean’s Eight don’t mark a turning point for Hollywood so much as a return: From the 1920s to the ’50s, women drove box-office revenue—in drama, comedy, and ensemble films.
‘Suicide Squad’ Would Have Been Much Better With a More Accurate Depiction of Mental Illness
Two forensic psychiatrists review DC Comics’ latest blockbuster—and offer advice on writing multidimensional characters.
A Brief History of Increasingly Violent PG-13 Films
Suicide Squad is just the latest installment in an aggressive cinematic trend.
How a 1990s Media Trend Is Making Gay Media Less White
Mainstream, queer-centric magazines feature white people on 85 percent of their covers. A vanguard of social media-savvy zines is aiming to change that—and is reaching a far broader audience than their Clinton-era predecessors.
Director James Cameron’s Latest Tearjerker Is About Climate Change
In his new short film, released specifically for the Democratic National Convention, the director of Avatar appeals to heartstrings, rather than reason.
Survival Tales From the Ex-Gay Movement
Two memoirs underline the emotional and moral dangers of ex-gay conversion therapy. By Ross Ufberg Garrard Conley. (Photo:…
Eastern State Penitentiary and the Critique of Mass Incarceration
Inside the former prison-turned-museum and its new exhibit about the perils and inequities of mass incarceration in America.