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The director discusses his new film about wrongful conviction and the death penalty—and why audiences sometimes hold "issue" movies to a higher standard.

New research provides one possible answer: Highly creative people have a stronger ability to see things from other people's perspectives.

Pacific Standard is looking for a part-time contract editor to help us expand and elevate the profile of our books and culture coverage.

The newly released concert film is a joyous celebration of faith—and of how Aretha moved even secular audiences toward the holy.

The author discusses his new book, the tragic violence in Chicago, and his love for the city's "messy vitalities."

When will we stop heroizing men for risking the world along with their lives?

Spike Lee, director of BlacKkKlansman, attends the 91st Annual Academy Awards, wearing the "Love" and "Hate" rings from his 1990 film, Do the Right Thing.

Don Shirley's actual life was remarkable. In the movie, he's a prop for a white person.

Far from helping us fight fascism, Nazis on film may do the opposite.

New research suggests that cartoon princesses hurt young female viewers by offering them unobtainable ideals of physical perfection.

New research suggests evolution predisposes us to seek out horror films.

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.

It's a question of whether animals featured in movies are acting in the first place.

A man convicted in an illegal, multi-year deer poaching scheme, was sentenced to watch Bambi once a month. While the punishment is certainly unique, the methodology isn't.

In director Steve McQueen's new movie, the heist is about much more than money.

As the film approaches its 80th anniversary, a new ranking shows that the classic retains its cultural cachet.

A survey of youths at high risk of suicide found that half had watched at least one episode of the Netflix series.

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.

The writer and director explains what she learned by putting the true story of her childhood sexual abuse on screen.

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.

Beyond tics in dialect, code-switching often requires a shift in ideology.

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

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.

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.