Is there any worse feeling than waking up late? Whether it's your mom screaming for you to wake up or your iPhone buzzing with messages from work, there's no worse way to experience the light of day t
With financial success ought to come some measure of relief—a chance to take in a deep breath, exhale, and survey the world from the top. But, as Hanna Rosin’s recent Atlantic cover story on the high
The urgent request came in May for composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Could he fly to Los Angeles — tomorrow, if possible — to meet with Alejandro G. Iñárritu? The director wanted Sakamoto to create the score
1. When you come to Hollywood you have to think, "what am I going to give," not "what am I going to get." Most people come to LA to "get" things. They want something. Hollywood will not respond to you
I don't have much patience, generally speaking, with the ideas of economists like Murray Rothbard , a free-market extremist who thought the government shouldn't run the police or the army, let alone h
You wait in line for your daily cup at your favorite coffee shop, like every morning. But today, something seems wrong with your precious, life-giving cup of joe. As the steam clouds your vision, you
If the overall theme of SXSW 2016 was one of convergence , perhaps no individual was more representative of that theme than film producer, radio host, podcast producer, entrepreneur, and overall edito
Catherine Hardwicke With Twilight in 2008, Catherine Hardwicke became the first female director to launch a successful blockbuster movie franchise (the film grossed $400 million worldwide). But rather
In a 2013 report summarizing global challenges, the World Economic Forum singled out "massive digital misinformation" as "one of the main risks for the modern society." Social networks may be structur
8 min read · Mar 23, 2016 -- Only a month after they called me out of class to tell me that my dad had been in an accident — and that he didn’t make it — I realized I’d started to forget little things
Buffy the Vampire Slayer rocked our world, and it remains one of the all-time greatest TV shows. The story of a fated vampire-hunter who tries to live a normal life in high school, Buffy still has few
There’s no surefire formula for success. That lesson was brought painfully home to Lionsgate this weekend after “ Gods of Egypt ,” its $140 million fantasy epic, collapsed at the domestic box office ,
Illustration by Becca Tobin One day in early December, not so many years ago, my nine-year-old daughter caught sight of herself in the mirror at daycare, and noticed her face was bright red. All the k
Several years ago, I wrote a book aimed at helping adult children of my generation manage the many challenges of caring for our aging parents. I interviewed women and men across the country about thei
In an interview with Slate , the historian of fascism Robert Paxton warns against describing Donald Trump as fascist because “it’s almost the most powerful epithet you can use.” But in this case, the
Getty Images Frieda Klotz visited the ‘world’s first cyborg fair’ with one question: are cyborgs a real thing, or are these people just kidding themselves? Her article first appeared on Mosaic and is
In 2012, The Sun newspaper reported that the British MP Andrew Mitchell, then a prominent member of the UK government, had called a group of police officers ‘fucking plebs’. According to that story, t
We assume you make films because you want people to see them. Actually, more than just see — think, feel, resonate with, remember. An audience isn’t a passive group of eyeballs. It’s the reason your f
Excellence in cinema is sometimes a singular achievement: a remarkable lead performance, a dazzling display of directorial panache, a script of sublime wit or clarity. On other occasions, it’s the res
Mail to Print page Submit a letter: Email us letters@nybooks.com Reviewed: Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle Penguin, 436 pp., $27.95 Alone Together: Why We
Judging by online chatter, it’s tempting to assume that almost everyone with Internet access is watching Love , or Making a Murderer , or catching up on House of Cards before the new season. It can fe
Ava DuVernay directing a scene from Selma Photo: Atsushi Nishijima, Paramount Pictures by Katy Chevigny in Directing , Filmmaking , Production on Feb 17, 2016 When I started working in film in 1995, t
In late 2012 Hugh Howey was an unknown writer of science fiction, even to most dedicated science fiction readers. And yet he had sold over 250,000 books, optioned film rights to the legendary Ridley S
Are you one of those people who rises before dawn and never needs an alarm clock? Or would you happily sleep until midmorning if you could? Do you feel like you are just hitting your day's stride by l
The World In 2021 Future-gazing analysis, predictions and speculation The World in 2021 , our guide to the coming year, was published in November 2020 and looked ahead to America’s presidential inaugu
Google Maps The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), the body that hears complaints about the UK's intelligence services, has ruled that it is legal for GCHQ to hack into systems, both in the UK and a
888bailbond/Flickr If you were among the millions of people who watched the Netflix series Making a Murderer (2015), you were probably disturbed by the scenes of police interrogating Brendan Dassey, a
Andy Weir and Drew Goddard have been enjoying the success of Fox’s “ The Martian ,” which has notched seven Oscar nominations (including best pic and screenplay) and $608 million at the box office. Th
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Norman Garmezy, a developmental psychologist and clinician at the University of Minnesota, met thousands of children in his four decades of research. But one boy in particular stuck with him. He was n
Then if any one at all is to have the privilege of lying, the rulers of the State should be the persons; and they, in their dealings either with enemies or with their own citizens, may be allowed to l
Lynne Ramsay’s film We Need to Talk about Kevin (2011) is an exquisite study in fear. Based on Lionel Shriver’s novel of the same name, about a teen on a killing spree, it opens with the nightmare of
LET'S BE HONEST: AS FILM FANS WE REALLY DON'T -UNDERSTAND THE FIRST THING ABOUT ACTING. WE PRETEND WE DO. WE'RE SO QUICK TO LABEL SOMEONE A HORRIBLE ACTOR OR AN AMAZING ONE WITH OUT MUCH UNDERSTANDING
It hasn’t even been a week since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Zika virus a global emergency , and already the conspiracy theories are piling up. Of course they are. A pandemic that
Jacob Chase, Doritos finalist This Sunday, Doritos will continue its tradition of crowdsourcing its Super Bowl commercials . In its decade-long run, what began as a supposed opportunity for aspiration
EX MACHINA HAS THE KIND OF PROVOCATIVE ENDING WHERE YOUR REACTION TO IT PROBABLY SAYS MORE ABOUT YOU THAN IT DOES THE MOVIE ITSELF. THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO GREAT. SPOILERS AND SUCH, BUT THE CRUX OF TH
One episode in season five of How I Met Your Mother, called “Hooked,” revolves around people being kept “on the hook,” romantically speaking, by members of the show’s central gang of friends. “I can’t
Naren Shankar had just completed a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and applied physics at Cornell University when he announced to his parents that he was heading to Hollywood to write for television.
Health Research shows that people tend to prefer linear narratives, but can also be engaged by just the right amount of disruption. A still from Citizen Kane, one of the most popular films of its time
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