Fifty Shades of WTF
Everybody hates E.L. James' bondage fantasy except for hundreds of millions of readers and moviegoers. Maybe, just maybe, the fans are onto something.
Movies
Watching American Sniper in Baghdad
Iraqi audiences are flocking to watch the controversial film - and liking what they see.
Red Army Film Explores Hockey, The Cold War, and Sports as Propaganda
Filmmaker Gabe Polsky and Russian hockey star Slava Fetisov discuss the new documentary about the Soviet national hockey team.
Steven Soderbergh, Copyright Hypocrite?
The filmmaker takes one approach to intellectual property in court, another in his own work.
American Sniper and Blackhat
Bradley Cooper commandeers Clint Eastwood's powerful war movie, Chris Hemsworth withers in Michael Mann's cyber-crime misfire.
It's Time To Argue About This Year's Oscar Nominations
There's a big gap between the blockbusters that people pay to see and the movies Hollywood awards itself for making.
Friday A/V Club: The Muhammad Movie That Never Was
'The choice of Paris as the venue of the performance suggests there is a conspiracy against Islam.'
Friday A/V Club: An Exclusive Look at Sony's Revised Cut of The Interview
Or something like that
Four Thoughts on North Korea, Hollywood, Free Speech, and Terrorist Threats
Notes from the post-Interview era
Texas Theater Will Show Team America in The Interview's Place
The Alamo Drafthouse takes a stand.
The Sony Hack and the First Amendment
If Sony sued to keep the press from publishing info acquired by hackers, it would probably lose.
Free Speech and Free Jazz
A documentary captures the life of civil libertarian and music critic Nat Hentoff.
Freeform Radio: The Movie
Doing radio without commercials, underwriting, or government subsidies.
Stillborn Utopia
Masdar City is an $18 billion attempt to build a zero-carbon community on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. It's empty.
Video Game Violence: A Scientific 'Consensus' Cracks
Reel violence does not lead to real violence.
