Modern newswriting still runs on conventions engineered for the telegraph—speed first, cut from the bottom, clarity through simplification—yet it is tasked with narrating wars that demand history and ...

In the post-COVID landscape, where theatrical attendance has changed dramatically, Dwayne Johnson's once-guaranteed success ...

Pasqual Gutierrez plays himself, and Miguel Huerta plays his doppelganger (also named Miguel). Miguel is the only source of ...

In case we don’t get the point, Orlean (author of 'The Orchard Thief' and 'The Library Book'), reminds us numerous times that she falls into one of two categories of writers: “those who have something ...

In the 1936 screwball comedy mystery The Ex-Mrs. Bradford, Dr. Lawrence Bradford (William Powell) asks his ex-wife, the rich mystery writer Paula (Jean Arthur), “What is a cocktail dress?” She replies ...

Disney’s multi-billion-dollar empire rests largely in the hands of 11 fairytale princesses. We all know their stories. We all have a favorite. For nearly eight decades, these young royals have ...

On a sweltering summer day in 2013, a single tweet from Tahrir Square sparked a global conversation. Armed with nothing but smartphones, Egyptian protesters captured the raw energy of a movement that ...

The trend of stretching simple stories over multiple movies has become increasingly popular in Hollywood, but Wicked: For Good is a prime example of why it should stop. Despite largely the same cast ...

Before the September 11, 2001, attacks, before the current pandemic, grief of such cataclysmic proportions seemed unimaginable for many. But when sculptor Suse Lowenstein’s son Alex, along with his ...

Many nights, Spooks turn on their shortwave radios and drift through the frequencies. On any given night, one can hear amateur radio stations broadcasting church sermons, utility traffic for aircrafts ...

Disney’s track record with sequels isn’t great, but it made sense to make Zootopia 2, considering how successful the first one was. This sequel does a good job of juggling different themes and tropes ...

Fed up, cities from Cocoa Beach, Florida and Lynwood, Illinois to Boston, New York, Shreveport, and other communities around Louisiana are telling saggers to pull their pants up or face fines, ...