The Rise of CliffsNotes Cinema
Oversimplified literary remakes miss the point of the works they are adapting.
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Why Justin Bieber Played YouTube Onstage for Thousands of People
The pop star transformed the normal act of browsing your laptop into something interesting—and unsettling.
The New Age of Performance Anxiety
With the rise of screen culture, all the world has stage fright.
Where Did ‘Let Them’ Come From?
Years before Mel Robbins published her best-selling self-help book, a struggling writer posted a poem with a similar message.
Eric Shows Everything That’s Wrong With Mid TV
This is flat-pack prestige storytelling: easy to assemble and totally uninspiring.
The Slasher Movie Reaches Disturbing New Heights
In a Violent Nature might seem like a purely aesthetic exercise. But its experimentation elevates an all-too-familiar genre.
To Have or Not Have Children
A new book earnestly wrestles with what it means to bring a person into the world.
You’ll Become a Fan of These Fierce, Strange Girls
Headshot upends the classic story of the underdog by turning each of its characters into one.
The Woman Who Made America Take Cookbooks Seriously
Judith Jones edited culinary greats such as Julia Child and Edna Lewis—and identified the pleasure at the core of traditional “women’s work.”
‘She Is the Icon of All That Is Joyful in the World’
A little green puppet from an old children’s TV show is healing hearts for a new generation of viewers.
What Can’t Glen Powell Do?
The actor proves he’s so much more than a strapping hunk in Richard Linklater’s Hit Man.
George Miller at the End of the World
The Mad Max: Fury Road and Furiosa director is taking on the apocalypse—again.
A Different Kind of Female Protagonist
Two new literary works from Colombe Schneck and R. O. Kwon feature fascinating, flawed women.
What’s Really Epic About Furiosa
The Mad Max prequel is an emotional odyssey.