Untouched by the Movies
What effect does a film's trailer—and the expectations it sets up—have on our experience in the theater?
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Can Watching TV Improve Your Health?
Public health wonks have figured out how to influence Hollywood writers: Don't call them, they'll call you.
Seduced by Gore Vidal
The complicated pleasures of Nicholas Wrathall's hagiographic new documentary.
How the Movies of Tomorrow Will Play With Your Mind
A neuroscientist in California is dreaming up a new visual vocabulary for cinema that could revolutionize the filmmaking business.
In the Picture
In every issue, we fix our gaze on an everyday photograph and chase down facts about details in the frame.
The Armenian Power Gang, Hollywood Hellions
Meet the little-known crime ring with the lengthiest rap sheet.
Why the Oscars Should Be Segregated by Gender
Awards shows are great for women in Hollywood, but they can still do much more.
Television vs. the Movies: Which Does Better by Women?
The Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media did a content analysis of 11,927 speaking characters in “family films” and prime-time and children’s TV shows. This is what they found.
Escaped From the Asylum!
Bottom-of-the-barrel creature features. Topless-teen comedies. "Mockbuster" rip-offs. In Burbank, California, one low-budget studio cranks out whatever Netflix wants.
The Superman Economy
If the most-recent iteration of the Superman franchise was considered a failure, why make another?