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February 19, 2015
Sarah Marshall
Why Do So Many Women "Act Ugly" in Pursuit of an Oscar?
From 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf' to 'Gone Girl.'
February 18, 2015
Dominic Green
This Oscar-Nominated Biopic Is An Act of Anachronistic Class Warfare
February 17, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
'Fifty Shades of Grey' Wants You to Kneel and Submit to Income Inequality
February 13, 2015
Sam Eifling
Estonia's Oscar Nominee, 'Tangerines,' Is The Anti-'American Sniper'
February 12, 2015
Sarah Hepola
'50 Shades of Grey' Is More Like an Episode of 'The Bachelor' Than It Is Like Porn
February 12, 2015
Michael J. Agovino
I Spent Four Years Trying to Get My Book Optioned for a Movie. All I Got Were Two Belgian Waffles.
The first thing the producer said to me: “We’re gonna get you out of that studio apartment.”
February 10, 2015
Ethan Gates
Oscar-Nominated 'Timbuktu' Shows the Terrors of Life Under Islamist Extremism
February 9, 2015
Ethan Gates
The Oscar-Nominated Film Hollywood Loves, But the Russian Government Hates
February 5, 2015
William Giraldi
Creative Destruction
Is it still possible to survive as an artist in America?
February 5, 2015
Alice Robb
In Israeli Divorce, "The Man Has All the Power"
Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz discuss their critically acclaimed film.
January 27, 2015
Eric Sasson
Parents of Transgender Kids Could Learn a Lot from Brangelina
January 14, 2015
Dennis Jett
The Real 'American Sniper' Had No Remorse About the Iraqis He Killed
January 8, 2015
Elaine Teng
The Controversy Over 'Selma' Shows Why You Shouldn't Fact-Check Movies
January 6, 2015
Claire Groden
Re-Designating North Korea as a State Sponsor of Terrorism Would Only Make Matters Worse
January 2, 2015
Jesse McCarthy
'Selma' Ignores the Radical Grassroots Politics of the Civil Rights Movement
Hollywood loves the great man narrative, but the civil rights movement was never about top-down leadership
January 1, 2015
The New Republic
The Most Overrated and Underrated News Stories of 2014
December 30, 2014
Sam Eifling
Why James Bond Isn't Black
Because Hollywood's racial biases look a lot like Rush Limbaugh's
December 19, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
Why Aren't We Retaliating Right Now for the Sony Cyberattack?
The White House is guilty of dithering and poor planning
December 18, 2014
Brian Beutler
Anonymous Should Hack Sony and Leak 'The Interview'—for Freedom's Sake
December 18, 2014
Claire Groden, Elaine Teng
Stop Making Fun of North Korea
Our laughter is drowning out their horrific human rights record

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