Culture
Liberal Idealism, With a Healthy Dash of Satire
Jan 18, 2013It may not be getting the same buzz as Girls, but Enlightened is growing nicely into its second season.
To Stop Rape Culture, Ring the Bell
Jan 11, 2013The campaign to end assault against women must also include men.
An Inescapable Truth
Jan 11, 2013In the Oscar-nominated The Gatekeepers, Israel's domestic spymasters make the price of occupation clear.
Fracking versus the Boondocks
Jan 04, 2013Promised Land bills itself as an environmental movie, but it’s far more concerned with preserving Dan Barry-esque small-town America mythology.
Making Liberal Hearts Bleed in Anytown, U.S.A.
Jan 03, 2013What is the purpose of didactic movies like Promised Land?
Making Liberal Hearts Bleed in Anytown, U.S.A.
Jan 03, 2013What is the purpose of didactic movies like Promised Land?
Condemned Love
Dec 21, 2012Amour, Michael Haneke's latest film, is a horror story with a foregone conclusion.
Don't Put Flowers on Hollywood's Grave Yet
Dec 21, 2012Film could be headed for a renaissance instead of its long-predicted journey into the blockbuster night.
Zero Dark Thirty: Homeland's Prequel?
Dec 19, 2012In both cultural depictions, September 11 is a wound that never heals.
Afghanistan Sketches
Dec 12, 2012Illustrator Victor Juhasz spent three weeks in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Here, a sampling of his work.
The Situation Goes West
Dec 11, 2012No matter where you live, there's probably a reality show that makes the people near you look like a bunch of self-absorbed half-wits.
Zero Dark Thirty's Morality Brigade
Dec 11, 2012Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden movie doesn't endorse torture.
Dial M for Meh
Dec 05, 2012Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock fails to capture the artistry of the famed director.
