Movies

New research finds females still make up a minority of the onscreen population, but they are depicted more often in leadership roles.

• By Tom Jacobs

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

• By Jack Herrera
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PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

• By Max Ufberg
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A conversation with Garrett Bradley about her new documentary, and what America can learn from Japan.

• By Kate Wheeling

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

• By Kristina Kutateli
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A new study suggests more such movies could see commercial success if Hollywood threw more financial support behind them.

• By Chinelo Nkechi Ikem

An interview with Dawn Porter, director of the new Netflix docu-series about RFK.

• By Isaac Butler

The new documentary Netizens offers an intimate look at how cyber harassment has affected the lives of three women.

• By Jenni Miller

Unlike myths, superhero sagas suggest that justice is actually attainable.

• By Noah Berlatsky

The inclusion rider can help move Hollywood from conversation to action.

• By Valentina Valentini

Emilio Insolera's new film uses the underground history of sign language as the premise for a superhero thriller.

• By Coby McDonald

The glossy coming-of-age dramedy is about gay people writing their own lives—and it's empowering some people to come out.

• By Brandon Tensley

The journalist and documentarian discusses her three-part documentary about sex work and human trafficking.

• By Zaron Burnett III

The fiction writer and environmental advocate on what we can do to protect a world we seem bent on destroying.

• By John Maher

Someday, TV will give us autistic characters who aren't all awkward savants. In the meantime, we'll keep claiming characters for our own.

• By Sarah Kurchak

Analyzing the persistent pressure on black audiences to root for products that aren't always very good.

• By Hanif Abdurraqib

Director Greg Barker talks about following Obama all over the globe while filming The Final Year.

• By Isaac Butler

Luca Guadagnino's new film shows how, for many queer people, moralistic norms can create a sense of belatedness—even when they finally find love.

• By Brandon Tensley

In her new film Unrest, Jennifer Brea offers a groundbreaking look at the power of community where medicine falls short.

• By David M. Perry

The music, film, television, writing, and digital diversions that got our staff through the year.

• By Elena Gooray

The way Christmas movies tell it, the generosity of individual tycoons is sufficient to mitigate the harms of class inequality.

• By Elizabeth King

Many critics have praised Martin McDonagh's nuanced portrayal of bigotry. But his black characters are mere devices—and the bigot's redemption never really feels earned.

• By Hanif Abdurraqib

Morris' latest, an investigation into whether the CIA assassinated one of its own scientists, pushes the boundaries of "documentary" further than ever before.

• By Daniel Schindel

In Thelma, a college freshman come to terms with her telekinetic powers—and her sexuality.

• By Katie Kilkenny