Being John Malkovich Is Better Now Than It Was in 1999
Being John Malkovich—the brainchild of writer Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze—is still one of the great modern American films. However, what it meant to me...
Lyft and Uber threaten to stop operating in CA if forced to make drivers employees
Lyft’s “good guy” image keeps slipping. The ride-hailing app joined its rival Uber in an employee classification fight in California Wednesday. During Lyft’s second quarter earnings...
National Review, Daily Caller Help Publicize Lies About Former Kamala Harris Staffer
According to leading conservative columnists, Twitter has hired Nick Pacilio, a former staffer for Sen. Kamala Harris, to decide which of President Trump’s tweets deserve to...
Padmé Is Darth Vader’s Most Fascinating Phantom Menace
The last issue of Marvel’s Darth Vader gave us, arguably, the moment Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader—if not physically, spiritually. The Dark Lord gave into the...
Trump Kisses QAnon Right on Its Big Wet Mouth
Donald Trump went there on Wednesday morning and endorsed a crank conspiracy theorist who recently won the GOP primaries for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, calling her...
What the Fuck Is My Wifi Password?
I don’t really know how it happened, or why a thing with no moving parts suddenly fails catastrophically, but my modem shit the bed. Read more…...
A Virtual Summer: Films to Stream
Bert Stern’s Jazz on a Summer’s Day, streaming from Film Forum, starting August 12, transports us to a simpler time. Bare-faced citizens assemble en masse to...
The Last of Us Head Wants to ‘Decouple’ the HBO Show From the Game Experience
There have been many attempts to turn video games into successful movies and TV shows, like Assassin’s Creed, Tomb Raider, and Super Mario Bros. Sony is...
Crunchyroll Might Get Sold to Sony—Wait, What?
Just months after launching a tentpole service that touts Crunchyroll as one of its premium offerings, AT&T may be exploring a sale of the anime streaming...
Nate Marshall on Translating the Life Onto the Page
Poet Nate Marshall spoke to Scott Simon at NPR about his new collection, Finna, and the ways the form has informed his perspective on the world....
