Film/TVIn the '70s, the 'Zoom' kids were my peopleThe kids on "Zoom," which came to television 50 years ago, weren’t actors, writes Ethan Gilsdorf. They were real, like me.Feb 1, 2022The Day That Nana And I Went 'Psycho'At the end of the movie I remember my grim-faced grandmother saying, “Well, that isn’t what I expected.” Nor did anyone else in America, writes Ed Siegel. Oct 23, 2018Stop Holding 'Crazy Rich Asians' To Such An Impossible StandardTo be sure, the movie is imperfect with its frivolities and clichés. But for once, writes Ying-Ju Lai, let’s just have some fun.Aug 30, 2018The Mister Rogers Documentary Is Exactly What You Need Right NowFred Rogers modeled an approach that emphasized the virtue of empathy, writes Sharon Brody, and the need for open hearts and open minds.Jul 2, 2018The 'Roseanne' Reboot Should Never Have HappenedThe idea, which should never have made it out of the boardroom, instead took off and enabled Barr’s worst tendencies.May 30, 2018AdvertisementWho's Laughing Now? Samantha Bee And Robin Thede Skewer With Wit And FuryWomen have been silenced from public speaking for millennia, writes Anita Diamant. But now, Bee and Thede have ended the reign of all-male, nighttime comedy talk-show hosts.Jan 11, 2018When Great Books Become Very Bad MoviesMunro Leaf's “The Story of Ferdinand" is brilliant, sly and humane. Its movie counterpart is all overkill, all the time.Jan 3, 2018Move Over, Dickens. Americans 'Invented' ChristmasThe modern Christmas had sunk roots long before Scrooge strolled dyspeptically across the printed page, writes Rich Barlow.Dec 19, 2017I Know Why Women Do Nothing When They're Harassed — Because I'm One Of ThemHollywood is not the only business where sexual harassment goes unreported, writes former financial analyst Sharissa Jones.Resume03:36Oct 11, 2017No, I Don't Watch 'Game Of Thrones' — And Here's Why It's Good To Be Culturally CluelessAm I a snob? A victim of adult-onset ADD? Just reflexively averse to zombies, wizards, magic and men in armor? None of the above, writes Julie Wittes Schlack.Resume03:04Jul 24, 2017Why I'm An Unapologetic Middle-Aged 'Captain Underpants' FangirlSharon Brody on motherhood, potty humor and the new film reboot of Dav Pilkey's best-selling books. Jun 22, 2017The Age Of Politainment: How Celebrity Has Devoured Our Civic CultureOur political system has become just another branch of our popular culture, slavishly devoted to entertainment and brazenly hostile toward the very idea of governance.Nov 12, 2015Meryl Streep's T-Shirt Is Not The IssueA slogan from another time and place can spark useful debate about our understanding of language and history.Oct 26, 2015Trumped Up Appeal? Dissecting The Donald’s Surprising PopularityBravado is Donald Trump's brand. Does it make him authentic, or just the loudest, brashest guy in the room?Sep 9, 2015The 'Duck Dynasty' Debacle: Is Tolerance Of Intolerance The Ultimate Test Of Tolerance?A&E executives this month collided with the ideological reality of their biggest reality show star and took quick action, suspending “Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson for a week and sparking...Dec 31, 2013
In the '70s, the 'Zoom' kids were my peopleThe kids on "Zoom," which came to television 50 years ago, weren’t actors, writes Ethan Gilsdorf. They were real, like me.Feb 1, 2022
The Day That Nana And I Went 'Psycho'At the end of the movie I remember my grim-faced grandmother saying, “Well, that isn’t what I expected.” Nor did anyone else in America, writes Ed Siegel. Oct 23, 2018
Stop Holding 'Crazy Rich Asians' To Such An Impossible StandardTo be sure, the movie is imperfect with its frivolities and clichés. But for once, writes Ying-Ju Lai, let’s just have some fun.Aug 30, 2018
The Mister Rogers Documentary Is Exactly What You Need Right NowFred Rogers modeled an approach that emphasized the virtue of empathy, writes Sharon Brody, and the need for open hearts and open minds.Jul 2, 2018
The 'Roseanne' Reboot Should Never Have HappenedThe idea, which should never have made it out of the boardroom, instead took off and enabled Barr’s worst tendencies.May 30, 2018
Who's Laughing Now? Samantha Bee And Robin Thede Skewer With Wit And FuryWomen have been silenced from public speaking for millennia, writes Anita Diamant. But now, Bee and Thede have ended the reign of all-male, nighttime comedy talk-show hosts.Jan 11, 2018
When Great Books Become Very Bad MoviesMunro Leaf's “The Story of Ferdinand" is brilliant, sly and humane. Its movie counterpart is all overkill, all the time.Jan 3, 2018
Move Over, Dickens. Americans 'Invented' ChristmasThe modern Christmas had sunk roots long before Scrooge strolled dyspeptically across the printed page, writes Rich Barlow.Dec 19, 2017
I Know Why Women Do Nothing When They're Harassed — Because I'm One Of ThemHollywood is not the only business where sexual harassment goes unreported, writes former financial analyst Sharissa Jones.Resume03:36Oct 11, 2017
No, I Don't Watch 'Game Of Thrones' — And Here's Why It's Good To Be Culturally CluelessAm I a snob? A victim of adult-onset ADD? Just reflexively averse to zombies, wizards, magic and men in armor? None of the above, writes Julie Wittes Schlack.Resume03:04Jul 24, 2017
Why I'm An Unapologetic Middle-Aged 'Captain Underpants' FangirlSharon Brody on motherhood, potty humor and the new film reboot of Dav Pilkey's best-selling books. Jun 22, 2017
The Age Of Politainment: How Celebrity Has Devoured Our Civic CultureOur political system has become just another branch of our popular culture, slavishly devoted to entertainment and brazenly hostile toward the very idea of governance.Nov 12, 2015
Meryl Streep's T-Shirt Is Not The IssueA slogan from another time and place can spark useful debate about our understanding of language and history.Oct 26, 2015
Trumped Up Appeal? Dissecting The Donald’s Surprising PopularityBravado is Donald Trump's brand. Does it make him authentic, or just the loudest, brashest guy in the room?Sep 9, 2015
The 'Duck Dynasty' Debacle: Is Tolerance Of Intolerance The Ultimate Test Of Tolerance?A&E executives this month collided with the ideological reality of their biggest reality show star and took quick action, suspending “Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson for a week and sparking...Dec 31, 2013