Yellowjackets brilliantly mixes teen angst and cannibalism — with major Lost vibes The Yellowjackets gather around the fire in the Canadian wilderness. | Kailey Schwerman/Showtime The new drama is the rare show “about traum…
Belfast skirts politics with a child’s-eye view of the Troubles Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Judi Dench, and Jude Hill in Belfast. (They’re watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang .) | Focus Features Kenneth Branagh renders his…
Why movies tilt the camera like this The expressionist origins of the “Dutch angle.” The Dutch angle (aka Dutch tilt, canted angle, or oblique angle) is a filmmaking technique that involves setting the camera at an angle and…
Janet Jackson’s Wardrobe Malfunction erased an icon of unapologetic sexuality Hélène Baum-Owoyele for Vox Janet Jackson was able to transcend America’s misogynoir — until the Super Bowl. There was something in the air i…
How Netflix’s adaptation of Passing reflects the novel’s time — and ours Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson in Passing. | Courtesy of Netflix In Rebecca Hall’s film, Nella Larsen’s story comes to life in black and white. Halfw…
The fraught, crackling return of Broadway Roundabout Theatre Company’s Caroline, or Change , 2021. | Joan Marcus The pandemic shut down the Great White Way for 19 months. Now it’s waking back up. Live theater exists in th…
Astroworld and the trickiness of tragedy blame games Stacey Sarmiento places flowers at a memorial in memory of her friend Rudy Pena, who died during a crush of people at the Astroworld music festival in Houston on November 5…
