Culture

Director James Macdonald strips away the details, letting the characters speak for themselves

Every word or brush stroke has something to do with survival

An antidote to ‘the law of attraction’

Bangkok edition

The exquisite sound of longing

‘Slouching Towards Bethlehem’ and the disillusionment within the American Dream

(I got diagnosed with fatal mellow-heartedness)

Technology changes, but human nature seldom does

Jimmie Fails and Joe Talbot cook up a melancholic and wistful stew of belonging, mythology and community

Lee Atwater was a genius of dog-whistle politics, architect of the racist ‘Willie Horton’ campaign ad. But in the end he regretted it all.

Let’s consider what this disaster flick has to say about U.S. culture and the rise of Trump’s MAGA movement

Recently I had the pleasure of seeing this show, written by Gabriel Kahane, at Playwrights Horizons.

Wanting to do a November challenge without NaNoWriMo? You have plenty of options!

The mediums and the message

Would you be happy owning nothing?

Not to mention bad for a lot of living creatures.

Alan Wake II’s final DLC offers a pointed critique that especially stings in the context of the modern gaming industry

The quietly compelling star rising to new heights

A video that’ll make you think, think about what you really stand for.

Science fiction has long imagined uploading consciousness to computers, extending life beyond physical death.

Today, prejudice continues for adult comic book readers, who have to put up with very unfortunate comments about one of their great…

Knowledge is of no value in an ignorant world

Although fetishes might seem like nothing more than simple preference, it poses consequences that challenge the very humanity of us all.

Homage to a misunderstood musical genre