The Best Movies of 2025, According to John Waters
All the brutalist sci-fi, cockeyed cunnilingus, and sequel horror you need to have seen this year.
Analyzing the French in Mad Men’s ‘New Business’
French is used heavily throughout the episode, as Megan’s mother and sister help her move on from her life in New York. One conversation in particular stuck out to me.…
Brad Pitt Is Fooling You
When an actor ties their rehabilitation to their blockbuster film, it becomes difficult to extricate the art from the artist. The onscreen performance feeds the off-screen persona. The off-screen persona…
Godzilla As an ‘Undiscerning God’
Japan was at “zero,” and the arrival of Godzilla sets it back to “minus one,” hence the title.
100 Great Works of Dystopian Fiction
Tales about a world gone wrong.