A new documentary, ‘The Five Demands,’ explores the 1969 student campus takeover that reshaped college education in New York.
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What Might Finally Resolve the Hollywood Strikes
The unions raised the need for antitrust enforcement, and the Biden administration’s top antitrust cops paid attention.
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Atomic Frankenstein
‘Oppenheimer’ and the anguish of creative destruction
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Barbenheimer Reveals the Drastic Choices of Hollywood Executives
The big opening weekend contrasts with everything the studios have been doing for the last couple of decades.
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The Joy of Being a Girl
‘Barbie’ captures those thoughts that are difficult for women to express.
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Why ‘Oppenheimer’ Matters
The father of the atomic bomb still speaks to the danger of complacency.
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What’s at Stake in the Hollywood Writers’ Strike
Streaming has given the studios one more way to exploit writers—and the writers are pushing back.
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How Striking Hollywood Creators and Hotel Housekeepers Face the Same Obstacles
With consolidation and industry diversification, corporate studio and hotel owners have more money to wait out strikes.
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Unions Are Trying to Save Hollywood From Its Own Foolish Executives
Left to their own devices, the CEOs will ruin the American film and TV industry.