Movies

Culture

Szaszian—Zsaszian?—Shout Out in Batman Begins

Nick Gillespie | 6.17.2005 4:31 PM

Politics

Traffic Cops on the Underground Railroad

Prosecuting human traffickers may do more harm than good

Kerry Howley | 6.6.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

The Long, Gory Life of EC Comics

Why the Crypt-Keeper never dies.

Franklin Harris | 6.1.2005 12:00 AM

Culture

Star Wars, Nothing but Star Wars

Episode III may be a steaming pile of Sith, but that hardly matters

Nick Gillespie | 5.19.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Ridley Scott's Peaceable Kingdom

How to make a Crusades movie in the era of Osama bin Laden

Michael Young | 5.19.2005 12:00 AM

Copyright

Sometimes Unintended Consequences Can Be Good

Jesse Walker | 5.4.2005 12:03 AM

Culture

Soundbite: Behind the Curtain

Mike Wilson interviewed by Julian Sanchez

Julian Sanchez | 4.1.2005 12:00 AM

Culture

The Hippie and the Redneck Can Be Friends

Two worlds collide in film and music.

Jesse Walker | 4.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Critique of Pure Riesling

Wine snobbery in an age of globalization

Kerry Howley | 3.30.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Deaths, Lies, and Videotape

The UN deconstructs the Hariri assassination

Michael Young | 3.28.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Guess Who's Coming

Progress at the cineplex

Jesse Walker | 3.28.2005 12:00 AM

Culture

Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot

Alan Moore's anarchist classic hits the big screen

Damon Dimmick | 3.17.2005 8:41 AM

Politics

Going Gentle

Oregon's suicide law faces its final hurdle

Julian Sanchez | 3.1.2005 12:00 AM

Culture

Rand-O-Rama

Ayn Rand's long shelf life in American culture.

Reason Staff | 3.1.2005 12:00 AM

Oscars

Oscar Roundup '05

Jesse Walker | 2.28.2005 12:15 PM

Culture

What Last Waltz?

Marty still has it, despite The Aviator

Michael Young | 2.10.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Saturday the Rabbi Went Nuts

When Jews wax anti-Semitic

Cathy Young | 2.8.2005 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

The Outsiders

How D.W. Griffith paved the way for Ed Wood

Jesse Walker | 2.8.2005 12:00 AM

Culture

Doctor Sex, Ph.D.

Are we all Kinseyans now?

Julian Sanchez | 2.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Dick Nixon Has Risen From the Grave

When will we be finally on our own?

Jeff Taylor | 1.26.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Blogger, Bush-Basher, Bin Laden

Why does an Islamist warrior sound suspiciously like Michael Moore?

Brendan O'Neill | 1.25.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Gabbo Gets Laid

2004: The Year of Puppet Sex

Jesse Walker | 12.23.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

High In the Sunlit Silence

The enduring glamour of aviation

Virginia Postrel | 12.22.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Every Man A Boss

The billionaire recluse as national icon

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.22.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Talk Like an Egyptian

Is Arab popular culture uniformly anti-American?

Charles Paul Freund | 11.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Losing Patients

A film questions Canada's nationalized health care.

John Graham | 11.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Sex, Politics, Religion, and Egypt

Want to know how complicated the Mideast can be? Go to the movies

Charles Paul Freund | 10.14.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Puppet Government

The creators of South Park put in their $1.05 for freedom

Brian Doherty | 10.12.2004 12:00 AM

Movies

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Herman Kahn

Jesse Walker | 10.11.2004 11:16 AM

Culture

Surf's Up

Why Bill and Ted are the ultimate Americans.

Sara Rimensnyder | 10.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Two Months Hate

The politics of paranoia and hatred

Cathy Young | 9.7.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Top Five Republican Celebrity Bios

Matt Welch | 8.30.2004 5:31 PM

Culture

Can't Blame the Big Ape

Fay Wray, RIP

Jesse Walker | 8.10.2004 12:00 AM

Documentary

What's a Doc, Doc?

Jesse Walker | 8.5.2004 5:26 AM

Culture

Comparing the Candidates

Reconditioning a classic

Julian Sanchez | 7.29.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

More About Moore

Mockumentarian's anti-US populism

Cathy Young | 7.20.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Lights, Camera, Election

Where's the production value?

Julian Sanchez | 7.12.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Round Zero

Does a "good cause" justify demagoguery of 9/11?

Cathy Young | 7.8.2004 12:00 AM

Movies

Brando for Breakfast

Nick Gillespie | 7.3.2004 9:36 AM

Movies

Marlon Brando, RIP

Jesse Walker | 7.2.2004 11:56 AM

Policy

Big Mac Attack

Super Size Me asks the question: Is McDonald's unappealing -- or irresistible?

Jacob Sullum | 7.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Ulysses Unbound

Why does a book so bad it "defecates on your bed" still have so many admirers?

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Moore Didn't Start the Fire

Why Fahrenheit 9/11 fails to ignite

Brian Doherty | 7.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

A Dementor Short

Mugglewear Casual mars Harry hat trick

David B. Kopel | 6.4.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Mr. Showbiz Goes to Washington

Wish-fulfillment fantasies and paranoid nightmares.

Jesse Walker | 6.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Spurlock's Splurge

Does a McDonald's binge prove fast food is "unreasonably dangerous"?

Jacob Sullum | 5.7.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Thank You, Sir, May I Have Another?

The commercial glories of phony "censorship"

Brian Doherty | 5.6.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Anime Dreams

The strange but familiar world of a Japanese TV cartoon.

Anders Sandberg | 5.1.2004 12:00 AM