Culture Archive
Archives for December 2014


The biopic is beautifully intimate.
Most Americans believe the basic elements of the nativity story. But is that what the Bible says happened that first Christmas night? Brandon Ambrosino explains in 3 minutes.


The group has hacked Sony before — and could be linked to this attack.


The FBI’s evidence for a North Korean connection is weak, but the US government might be holding back its strongest material.

If we ran the world, these shows would be at the top of the Nielsens.


The movie North Korea doesn’t want you to see will play in Texas.


OK Go filmed a video Japan using a drone-mounted camera. Regulations could have made it difficult to make the same video here in the United States.


The Flash isn’t necessarily the best show of 2014, but it might be the one you like the most.


Everything about the film feels just so damn forced.


The Mariah Carey classic is the greatest Christmas song written in the last 25 years.


Drug-resistant infections, Ebola, and fixing a broken clinical trials system are among the big ones.


It was made by Tylenol as a holiday season ad.


Education reporting is complex, incremental, and not seen as nationally important.


Line-by-line, here’s what North Korea really means when it, say, threatens to attack the White House.


The legendary English rock and blues musician died at his home in Colorado after a battle with lung cancer.