It was never a given that humans would logically connect one cinematic sequence to the next, thinking of them as a story ...

There’s an interesting dissonance between changing times and values. Younger generations typically push the cultural envelope ...

While I don’t believe the movie plays as well in 2025 as it did at the close of the 20th century, much of Smith’s dialogue is ...

Unlike traditional nuclear rivalries where both sides possess declared arsenals – like India and Pakistan, which despite ...

In a summer devoid of horror films, audiences craving a scare could watch Bodies Bodies Bodies. Directed by Dutch filmmaker Halina Reign, the film follows a group of 20-something friends who throw a ...

When Kurt Cobain put a bullet to his head – 20 years ago, as of this past April – he scrawled a now-infamous lyric from the Neil Young song “Hey Hey, My My” in the suicide note he left behind: “It’s ...

In February of 1932, William Faulkner finished the manuscript for his seventh novel. He had spent the past three years writing the works that would make him immortal — The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay ...

Queen Elizabeth II was not just a monarch; she represented a global brand. And for the past seven decades, this brand has to some extent defined and promoted the British nation around the world.

When I first met Kristoffer Polaha, it was 2003 and he thought he was going to be one of the biggest stars in the world. I know this not because the then 20-something actor wore the guise of a big ...

If there’s one thing the state of Montana has plenty of—aside from mountains, sheep, and big sky—it’s wind. Here’s how Amy Gamerman, longtime contributor to the Wall Street Journal and author of a new ...

The novelist and short-story writer T.C. Boyle is very good at what he does. His prose flits artfully around on the page, rich in imagery and colloquial phrasing, often delivered via first-person ...

I am not the first, nor will I be the last, to point out Hollywood’s current exhaustive unoriginality. However, the overuse of recognizable brands has taken such a prominent role in entertainment that ...