
The Rise of CliffsNotes Cinema
Oversimplified literary remakes miss the point of the works they are adapting.

Oversimplified literary remakes miss the point of the works they are adapting.

The pop star transformed the normal act of browsing your laptop into something interesting—and unsettling.

With the rise of screen culture, all the world has stage fright.

Years before Mel Robbins published her best-selling self-help book, a struggling writer posted a poem with a similar message.

A year of great music offers a reminder that more really can be more: more melodies, more breakthroughs, more art.

What happens when killer Barbie grows up?

These titles remind us that our connection to the Earth is inescapable.

The actor offered an idiosyncratic antidote to bland winter cheer.

The duo behind the fantastical film Poor Things talk sex, trust, and self-discovery.

The Boy and the Heron, which could be the Studio Ghibli co-founder’s final film, is more of a bold reinvention than a somber farewell.

Gabriel Bump’s new book examines the human impulse to build new societies—and to destroy them.

A tumultuous year for Hollywood and a stellar year for cinema

The filmmaker Todd Haynes discusses the messy morality of his new movie’s characters.