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The Most American Movie Of All Is Quite Bleak
There Will Be Blood “both celebrates American cinema and inverts it.” - The New York Times
Pride And Pain: The United States At 250 As Seen In Its Performing Arts...
“Who are ‘our people,’ broadly defined? Can we even talk about a common American experience or identity, to which we can all attach a...
If You Need Some Incredible Photographs, Not Only Of Space, NASA Probably Has Them
But how to search them up? Google won’t help as much (if at all) anymore, but there are ways. - Wired
Hollywood’s Output Has Always Been About Defining The USA
But now? “More and more, the space of American cinema is defined by one word: fantasy. … The fantasy worlds where our movies increasingly...
Ordering Up, And Then Touching, The Objects At The V&A East Storehouse
“When you open these cardboard frames up and look at the edges of the paper and see they’re stained and old, you can really...
The Fanfiction Community Is At Internal War Over Generative AI
“Fandom communities are still mostly relying on vibes. Most fanfics aren’t judged by a tool like the AO3 skin, but by tells' that could...
Why Are We Getting Shrek 5 And Not, Like, Ratatouille Goes To El Bulli?
Oh, Brad Bird, say it ain’t so: "Ratatouille director Brad Bird revealed he’s putting the kibosh on any sequels to that delightful, delicious film.” (Could...
American Playwrights Are Meeting The Times, But Are Audiences?
“These writers aren’t on a sociological mission. They’re not trafficking in grievance or appealing to a particular political base. They let their plays do...
What Bookmobiles Mean To Kids
“My reading journey began with a story that stretched more than 5,000 miles away, from Denmark to Alabama. While my siblings searched for new...
Oh Studios, Why Must You Undermine Women-Led Superhero Movies?
"With DC’s slate wiped clean, the studio had the chance to swing bigger with a woman-led movie than it ever has before — to...
How Theatre Etiquette Is Changing
One actor: “We're used to it at this point, you know, people just munching away on popcorn, ripping open candy in very tense moments....
An Aboriginal Artist Reclaims The Ocean
Dharug artist Billy Bain: “You know, the beach was and still is an Aboriginal space, but in popular culture it has been represented as...
Writing The Most Realistic, And Most Optimistic, Heterosexual Marriage On TV
First, Tina Fey wrote Liz Lemon, whose character was “heteropessimistic.” But in Four Seasons, she writes (and plays) a member of "an emotionally grounded...
What Should Music Festivals Do To Make The Experience Better For Neurodivergent Fans?
In the UK, "The Culture, Media and Sport Committee released guidelines earlier this year setting out ways for disabled people to feel more included at live...
Some People Hate Horror Movies While The Rest Of Us Can’t Get Enough
“A horror film builds a safe enclosure where we can rehearse terror, chaos and helplessness with no adverse consequences. … But the body can’t always...
A Montreal Chemical Lab Is Planning To Close, Leaving Analog Film In Limbo
The MELS post-production studio “is closing a Quebec facility that houses one of North America's only laboratories capable of developing film for professional productions.”...
We’re Almost Halfway Through 2026, And Here Are The Five Top Onscreen Moments So...
To be fair, a lot of good movies and shows come out in the latter, awards-chasing half of the year, but still, here are...
How Domestic Novels Became So Epic
“What can a novel about contemporary domestic life possibly add to our knowledge? If familiarity breeds contempt, what could be more familiar than the...
Jerry Moriarty, Painter Of Comics, Has Died At 88
“‘It’s as if Edward Hopper had taken up songwriting,’ the comic artist Chris Ware wrote in The Believer magazine in 2009. ‘For lack of a better word, it’s...
Turning Hugh Jackman Into Grizzled Old Robin Hood Required A Coat That Weighed 200...
"Because the cape and costumes were so rough, and the weather, the hair would start to get tangled a lot. … I was in...
Trading Manhattan Art Meet-Ups For A Farm, And A Huge Studio As Well
Uman: “I love working on the floor. I start with a mood, a color, and I determine the size of the canvas or linen....
Ad-Free Streaming Has Become A Luxury Good
Remember the halcyon days of watching shows without ads? How great that streaming moment was? Well … it’s over. Mostly over. Apple is one...
One Hundred Reasons To Love Mel Brooks On His 100th Birthday
"At 9 he saw his first Broadway show, Anything Goes, with the Broadway belter Ethel Merman, which explains everything.” - The New York Times
Despite Challenges And Bans, It’s A Golden Age For Queer Literature
A bookstore owner writes, "Queer literature has become one of the growth engines of the publishing industry. L.G.B.T.Q. fiction has never been more visible,...
The Artists Who Painted Early Hollywood Into Existence
“‘In general, at the studios, they systematized the production design, so that it was fast,’ Kanjo said, describing the rigid process as militaristic. ‘Five...
