How Pop Culture Gave Generations of Women a Fear of 40
A woman on the verge of 40 takes a look at how movies and television have perpetuated a fear around that age.
View Article‘Whitney’: A Diva, Deconstructed
Kevin Macdonald's documentary zeroes in on Whitney's pushy parents and her sense of emotional neglect.
View ArticleThe Superman Curse: A Look at All the Death, Destruction and Destitution
The story of how 'Superman' stars have been haunted by tragedy for decades.
View ArticleBollywood’s ‘Sex And The City’ is Prompting Delight and Debate in India
India's smash hit 'Veere Di Wedding' is breaking taboos—and the box office—with its depiction of women.
View ArticleBuilding-Sized Giant Fights Giant-Sized Building in ‘Skyscraper’
It's so stupid. It's really stupid. But it's a good time—and it's recommended.
View Article‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ is Basic—But it’s Also Fun With a Capital F
The scenery's gorgeous, as is the cast, and it's got Cher. Why does it need to be anything more than that?
View Article‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ Has a License to Kill… Time
Kate McKinnon is dependably hilarious, but this shaggily plotted action-comedy is, at best, an August time-waster.
View ArticleCan the Horror Genre Arm Us Against a Horrifying World?
Horror does more than scare us—it teaches us how to live with being scared, and how to fight back against evil.
View ArticleHow to Be a Woman in the Apocalypse (According to Male-Dominated Movies)
What lessons can women take from post-apocalyptic movies?
View ArticleSpike Lee Checks Under the Hood in the Blistering ‘BlacKkKlansman’
Spike Lee's latest, about a black cop who infiltrates the Klan in the '70s, is based on a true story—one that, in some ways, is still unfolding.
View ArticleForget #RepSweats: Let ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Be the Frothy Rom-Com It Is
NPR's Kat Chow writes about the burdens imposed on representations of Asians and Asian-Americans in pop culture—including this particular rom-com.
View ArticleRemembering the Legendary Bruce Lee, as ‘Enter the Dragon’ Turns 45
Bruce Lee died a month before his greatest movie opened. He's been a legend—and pop culture influence—ever since.
View ArticleRevisiting ‘Fatal Attraction’ in the Age of #MeToo
How does one of the biggest movies of 1987 measure up by today's standards?
View ArticleJudy Garland’s Stolen Ruby Slippers Recovered By FBI After 13 Years
Rest easy tonight, for Dorothy's iconic red shoes have finally been located. (No word yet on who took them in the first place.)
View ArticleWhy Evil Nuns Have Tormented Audiences For Centuries
Bless us, Sister, for audiences will have the living bejesus scared out of them when 'The Nun' opens in cinemas on Friday.
View ArticleRediscovering ‘The Breakfast Club’ With… Jesse Eisenberg?
Director Jason Reitman staged a live reading of 'The Breakfast Club'—and the results were surprising in more ways than one.
View ArticleNPR’s Movie Preview: 15 New Films To Watch This Fall
Wondering what the must-see movies are for the rest of 2018? Wonder no more...
View ArticleI Watched All the Old Versions of ‘A Star Is Born’ So You Don’t Have To
Let's look back at all the stars that have been born for some perspective on why this story is so timeless and in need of constant updates.
View ArticleTom Hardy Sinks His Teeth Into ‘Venom,’ But the Movie Lacks Bite
Hardy fully commits to this limp-but-not-awful anti-(super)hero horror-comedy that doesn't make a lick of sense.
View Article‘Beautiful Boy’ is an Addiction Story For Our Time
Based on memoirs by an addict and his father, this Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell movie is about the ways addiction narratives don't tend to end neatly—or at all.
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