Why Pixar’s New Short Is a Big Deal
"For any immigrant culture, it's so important to see yourself represented in books and movies and music."
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The Cognitive Dissonance of Casting Changes
Why do we care so much about who plays our favorite fictional characters?
‘It’s a Very Exciting Time to Be Making Documentaries’: An Interview With Davis Guggenheim
The director of He Named Me Malala explains the difference between factual and emotional truth in filmmaking, and why he believes buying a ticket is a form of activism.
Netflix Responds to Criticism, Changes Its Sexist Description of ‘Pocahontas’
From an angry tweet to an actual change.
A Fracking Effective Film
A study finds the documentary Gasland has played a big role in the debate over hydraulic fracturing.
‘It’s Painful’: Dr. Philip Zimbardo Revisits the Stanford Prison Experiment
A candid interview with one of psychology's most controversial figures.
A Conversation With the Psychologist Behind ‘Inside Out’
Emotions expert Dacher Keltner, who advised director Pete Docter throughout the making of the new Pixar hit, dives deep into the science of emotion, and tells us how Inside Out could teach Western culture an important lesson.
Going to the Strip Club With Sociologists
Researchers have been studying straight women's strip clubs since their rise in the 1980s. Let's take a look at what they've found.
How ‘Star Wars’ Can Help You Understand Serious Psychotic Disorders
A teaching tool, the movies can be.