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I have been trying to write this article for approximately the last eight months. When The Freeman approached me and asked if I had... Read More

At the 1938 Academy Awards, the Oscar for Best Directing went to Leo McCarey for his movie The Awful Truth. You could scarcely say that... Read More

A writer is forever at risk of hubris. A writer plays god, after all; he or she is a shaper of reality, a giddy or miserable tyrant, the sole... Read More

In the 1980s, young writers were often advised to submit their work to literary journals and small magazines. This was the era of Ray Carver,... Read More

“What the hell happened to Tucker Carlson?” That is the question Jason Zengerle poses and attempts to answer in his new... Read More

Guillermo del Toro is one of the few celebrated directors of our time. This is not a question of merit—he’s no master, he’s... Read More

Beneath the loud wars over masculinity, with Democrats recently launching a $20 million “strategic plan” entitled “Speaking... Read More

IN THE 2023 FILM American Fiction, an adaption of Percival Everett’s novel Erasure (2001), a hilarious but unexpectedly... Read More

1.The way I see it, there are two places where I have a “zone of disagreement” with you. One is just in the general assessment of... Read More

British American filmmaker Louis Theroux has spent much of his long career interviewing people it’s easy to hate: from members of... Read More

Take the rage of modern feminism, the scourge of pornography, and add classic Hollywood movie musical and horror elements, overlap with an... Read More

It’s 10:30 am on the first Sunday of the new year. I am standing at a ping-pong table, accessed through the parking garage of an... Read More

Oscar time, baby! Time to make sure the door is locked against vampires, crack a few small beers, and see how Hollywood chose to honor some... Read More

Pixar was, for years, near bulletproof. It’s not a studio most have associated with crisis—even though it has courted disaster,... Read More

There is a reason the “Okay, boomer” meme has endured while others have come and gone. Even with most of... Read More

For years, our go-to gift for new babies and young children celebrating birthdays has been Talking Like the Rain: A Read-to-Me Book of... Read More

It is hard to read any article or book about what ails children today without encountering a discussion of "ACEs," or "adverse childhood... Read More

I’ll cop to it—I liked Megalopolis. I’m not sure it was exactly a good movie, but it was unlike anything I had seen... Read More

If you’ve been on X at all recently, you’re aware that it is so, so, over for Hollywood — at least that’s what all... Read More

The culture war has come for Timothée Chalamet. Days before the Academy Awards, a clip went viral of Chalamet — nominated for... Read More

You don’t get much free time in this short life. Ten percent of your total span on earth, perhaps, depending on your job, family... Read More

Are there any actual poems in Distant Star? “The three poems were short; all less than ten lines,” Arturo B., our... Read More

In 2012, the writer and animator Seth MacFarlane, famous at the time as the creator of Family Guy, created something else entirely. Ted was a... Read More

One hundred and nine million albums sold. Fifteen billion YouTube streams. One hundred Billboard charting singles. One hundred and twenty-six... Read More

There’s a great line in the play A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner that goes, “If things aren’t funny, then... Read More

What do you listen for in a great movie score? An iconic theme, perhaps, or a meaningful leitmotif that ties the film together. Maybe you... Read More

It’s happening again. The Motion Picture Academy is holding a ceremony to honor its contributions to the global imagination. Competing... Read More

The Semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence commands our attention in 2026, and rightly so. Yet in the constellation of... Read More

When an ICE agent shot and killed Minneapolis resident Renee Good after she allegedly obstructed immigration authorities with her vehicle,... Read More

On Sunday the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Such As Hairdressing will present the 98th Oscars telecast, which means millions of... Read More