The ethos of cinema Comparing the moral stance of a popular movie to the national culture from which it arose is hard enough.

Harry Potter went down in history as a landmark in literature and cinema, winning a legion of loyal fans to this day. But ...

Batman has had several seminal stories at DC Comics, which haven't just been told within the confines of his monthly comic ...

Fast forward to 1943’s Hangmen Also Die!, a wartime thriller from exile. It’s Lang’s clenched fist against the Nazis, ...

"The word 'apocalypse' is present everywhere around us, but we have lost its original meaning, which is that of revelation," ...

Alfred Hitchcock's legacy is primarily defined by his movies in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. But some of his early work was ...

Best Director commentary (Updated Feb. 27, 2025): Brady Corbet dominated early directing prizes, sweeping nearly every award leading up to the televised ceremonies — until Sean Baker stormed in ...

Over on X, the past four months have found Dylan musing about seeing a Nick Cave show in Paris and being impressed by the ...

As with this year’s Best Picture Oscar, it looks to be a case of sex work versus architecture for 2025’s Best Director award. Sean Baker’s madcap screwball comedy drama Anora, about a ...

Focusing on creative directors, Serviceplan Group creative director Dennis Fritz has come top in our ranking of 200 leaders in the field. Fritz worked on three of the top-20 most-awarded campaigns ...

Hannah Lang covers financial technology and cryptocurrency, including the businesses that drive the industry and policy developments that govern the sector. Hannah previously worked at American ...

Nearly five months after the death of "American Pickers" star Frank Fritz, his biological father is contesting his will. William Fritz, who lives in Texas, filed a petition earlier this month to ...