In the 1936 screwball comedy mystery The Ex-Mrs. Bradford, Dr. Lawrence Bradford (William Powell) asks his ex-wife, the rich mystery writer Paula (Jean Arthur), “What is a cocktail dress?” She replies ...

Early on in her new book, The Savage Landscape, Cal Flyn is trekking through the Colorado Rockies, when she comes across a ...

The overall tone of the film is one of insecurity. The entire thing is played as a joke and the seldom moments that try to ...

**Editor's Note: Spoilers are included below. Digger is an interesting film that tries to answer a tough question: How do you satirize a circus? When the country is already run by narcissistic clowns, ...

When you order food through an app, how much do you know about where you’re purchasing from? This could be a restaurant on the local high street, or one located in a warehouse on a faraway industrial ...

In the nearly universal search for meaning, four questions seem inescapable. Is there a God, understood as a divine force, entity, or being that created the universe and has the power to direct events ...

If Coyote vs. Acme doesn’t prove to be the breakout hit of the summer, I will eat my Little-Giant Do-It-Yourself Rocket Sled Kit from Acme Corporation. When I walked into Theater 2 at the ...

Five minutes on virtually any social media platform will convince many that civil debate has disappeared. In his directorial debut, The Brink of War, writer-director Michael Russell Gunn argues that ...

The novella might be having a major moment. An ephemeral, well-crafted, eloquent and poignant moment, and one that is sparkling with fresh marketability and cinematic promise. In an age shaped by ...

If there was any question whether Tom Holland had established himself as the preeminent cinematic Spider-Man, it’s gone. Spider-Man: Brand New Day is not only a thrilling entry to Holland’s reading of ...

As humans moved toward more agricultural pursuits, the social tide began to shift away from the gender egalitarianism and goddess worship that marked the Stone Age. This change shaped female autonomy ...