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Five Nights at Freddy’s, the cult horror game turned movie, explainedFive Nights at Freddy’s, the cult horror game turned movie, explained
Culture

How a collection of jump scares and killer animatronics shaped a decade of gaming culture.

By Aja Romano
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
What the end of Killers of the Flower Moon meansWhat the end of Killers of the Flower Moon means
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

The final scenes of Martin Scorsese’s recent films are part of a larger project.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
The complicated relationship we have with Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s complicated relationshipThe complicated relationship we have with Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s complicated relationship
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Jada Pinkett Smith is talking about her marriage, and Americans are hearing what they want to.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
The wisest choice in Killers of the Flower MoonThe wisest choice in Killers of the Flower Moon
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

Martin Scorsese knows that who gets to tell the story matters as much as the story that gets told.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
The actors strike negotiations have broken downThe actors strike negotiations have broken down
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The two big sticking points between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP, explained.

By Alissa Wilkinson
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Why you should be watching more short filmsWhy you should be watching more short films
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Wes Anderson’s new Netflix shorts are the latest case for the form.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
Cat Person, Fair Play, and Brett KavanaughCat Person, Fair Play, and Brett Kavanaugh
Culture

The anger of entitled “good guys.”

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
On The Royal Hotel, Louis C.K., and burning it all downOn The Royal Hotel, Louis C.K., and burning it all down
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The movies have had it with bad men.

By Alissa Wilkinson
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The new Exorcist movie proves how much the world has changed since 1973The new Exorcist movie proves how much the world has changed since 1973
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The Exorcist: Believer shows how American religion and Hollywood movies have shifted.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Technology
More evidence the streaming wars are (kinda) over: You can watch Dune on NetflixMore evidence the streaming wars are (kinda) over: You can watch Dune on Netflix
Technology

Remember when Netflix’s competitors, like Warner Bros., kept their biggest stuff on their own streaming services? That’s so 2021.

By Peter Kafka
Culture
Was The Blind Side’s white savior narrative built on a lie?Was The Blind Side’s white savior narrative built on a lie?
Culture

Michael Oher says the story of his adoption by a white family was never true and that they exploited him.

By Fabiola Cineas
Money
Dumb Money and what actually happened with GameStop, explainedDumb Money and what actually happened with GameStop, explained
Money

Wait, were the short sellers right about GameStop?

By Emily Stewart
Culture
The Hollywood writers’ strike is over — and they won bigThe Hollywood writers’ strike is over — and they won big
Culture

Here’s what’s coming in the WGA’s new contract.

By Alissa Wilkinson and Emily Stewart
Culture
Two young missionaries made headlines. Two new docs look at why.Two young missionaries made headlines. Two new docs look at why.
Culture

Savior Complex, The Mission, and the culture behind toxic missionary work.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
Sound of Freedom wants to raise awareness about child trafficking. Here’s what it’s really doing.Sound of Freedom wants to raise awareness about child trafficking. Here’s what it’s really doing.
Culture

Is a movie still just a movie if it becomes a culture war battleground?

By Aja Romano
Culture
What’s the state of the Hollywood strikes?What’s the state of the Hollywood strikes?
Culture

On the AMPTP’s identity crisis, Drew Barrymore, the fall TV calendar, and whether this will ever end.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Money
It’s not just famous actors and big-name writers the Hollywood strikes are hurtingIt’s not just famous actors and big-name writers the Hollywood strikes are hurting
Money

A look at how workers in and outside of Hollywood are being hit by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.

By Emily Stewart
Culture
People forgot how to act in publicPeople forgot how to act in public
Culture

Why concertgoers keep throwing things at celebrities and no one can shut up at the movies.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
How should we remember Trinity Site, where the first nuclear bomb was tested?How should we remember Trinity Site, where the first nuclear bomb was tested?
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

Oppenheimer’s Trinity Site is where the end began.

By Bryan Walsh
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
Lessons from a Barbenheimer summerLessons from a Barbenheimer summer
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

What we can learn from July’s record-breaking movie month.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
The ageless appeal of Pee-wee Herman, explainedThe ageless appeal of Pee-wee Herman, explained
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For more than 40 years, the character entertained kids and adults alike with his cockeyed comedic sensibility.

By Tanya Pai
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
The nuclear bomb’s enduring, evolving place in pop cultureThe nuclear bomb’s enduring, evolving place in pop culture
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

The bomb has haunted pop culture since the Cold War. But it’s different now.

By Alissa Wilkinson
2023’s big summer movie season, explained
Oppenheimer is the surprise fashion movie of the summerOppenheimer is the surprise fashion movie of the summer
2023’s big summer movie season, explained

Is Oppenheimercore on the way?

By Esther Zuckerman
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
Barbieheimer: Destroyer of worlds, savior of cinemaBarbieheimer: Destroyer of worlds, savior of cinema
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

How the Barbieheimer memes became a real summer movie phenomenon.

By Aja Romano
Culture
What loving Barbie says about usWhat loving Barbie says about us
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A Barbie aficionado and certified doll expert explains why life in plastic has suddenly become so fantastic.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
What does it mean to be “just Ken”?What does it mean to be “just Ken”?
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

The exisKENtial crisis of Barbie.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
“Cry baby scientist”: What Oppenheimer the film gets wrong about Oppenheimer the man“Cry baby scientist”: What Oppenheimer the film gets wrong about Oppenheimer the man
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

The so-called “father of the bomb” helped bring us prematurely into the age of existential risk.

By Haydn Belfield
2023’s big summer movie season, explained
This summer’s biggest hit? The Barbie marketing team.This summer’s biggest hit? The Barbie marketing team.
2023’s big summer movie season, explained

Brand collabs and Barbenheimer memes catapulted Barbie hype to new heights.

By Whizy Kim
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
Oppenheimer is an audacious inquiry into power, in all its formsOppenheimer is an audacious inquiry into power, in all its forms
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

Christopher Nolan’s masterful epic continues his long-running obsessions.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
In the beginning, there was BarbieIn the beginning, there was Barbie
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

Turns out Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie is a Biblical metaphor after all.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
A long history of kids doing weird stuff to BarbiesA long history of kids doing weird stuff to Barbies
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

Did you decapitate your Barbies? Or make them kiss?

By Constance Grady
2023’s big summer movie season, explained
The scary question at the heart of the Mission: Impossible moviesThe scary question at the heart of the Mission: Impossible movies
2023’s big summer movie season, explained

In Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, Tom Cruise once again leads a franchise that’s all about trickery, subterfuge, and the nature of reality itself.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
Hollywood’s writers are on strike. Here’s why that matters.Hollywood’s writers are on strike. Here’s why that matters.
Culture

It’s been 15 years since the last WGA strike, and the stakes are far greater.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
Hollywood’s historic double strike, explainedHollywood’s historic double strike, explained
Culture

SAG-AFTRA now joins the WGA on the picket line. What does that mean for viewers?

By Alissa Wilkinson
2023’s big summer movie season, explained
How Hollywood appeases China, explained by the Barbie movieHow Hollywood appeases China, explained by the Barbie movie
2023’s big summer movie season, explained

Vietnam banned Barbie over a map featuring the nine-dash line. Here’s why that matters.

By Tim Brinkhof
Culture
Hollywood is staring down the barrel of a double strikeHollywood is staring down the barrel of a double strike
Culture

What happens if everybody walks off the job?

By Alissa Wilkinson
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny reminds you how much Hollywood has changedIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny reminds you how much Hollywood has changed
Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

The new Indiana Jones movie hits different in the IP age.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
Why streaming services are dumping shows left and rightWhy streaming services are dumping shows left and right
Culture

Dude, where’s my show?

By Alissa Wilkinson
2023’s big summer movie season, explained
How Wes Anderson uses miniaturesHow Wes Anderson uses miniatures
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2023’s big summer movie season, explained

In order to go big, sometimes filmmakers go small.

By Edward Vega
2023’s big summer movie season, explained
Wes Anderson’s new movie Asteroid City is his most expansive — and most personalWes Anderson’s new movie Asteroid City is his most expansive — and most personal
2023’s big summer movie season, explained

Life, the universe, and everything, through both the telescope and the microscope.

By Alissa Wilkinson