Culture
Friday A/V Club: That Time Jane Jacobs and Marshall McLuhan Made a Movie Together
Killing the Spadina Expressway
The Maze Runner and A Walk Among the Tombstones
More teen dystopia, and some middling Liam Neeson crime action.
The ISIS Conspiracies
How a century's worth of anxieties about America's southern border are affecting the latest foreign-policy crisis.
Zane Kesey and the New Merry Pranksters' Acid(-Free) Tests
They're keeping counterculture kicking.
New NFL Policy Tougher on Wife Beaters Than Pot Smokers, But It's Close
The league had a chance to start changing this perception last week, but unfortunately it dropped the ball.
Steven Salaita and the Tyranny of 'Hate Speech'
"Hate" is in the eye of the beholder.
Girl Tries to Kill Family; Sheriff's Office Blames…Slender Man?
A new wave of Slender Man hysteria
First Annual Food Freedom Fest Offers Reasons for Optimism
The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund's first annual Food Freedom Fest, which took place last weekend, was a fantastic event.
Scandal-Tainted Former S.C. Governor Calls Off Engagement
Battle with ex-wife while dealing with Argentinian girlfriend
Will Superintelligent Machines Destroy Humanity?
In a thoughtful new book, a philosopher ponders the potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence.
Friday A/V Club: A Soviet Filmmaker Adapts a Post-Apocalyptic Ray Bradbury Story
Forget The Day After. This is the great nuclear-war movie of the early '80s.
The Skeleton Twins and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (Them)
Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig get serious, Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy sail the sea of heartbreak.
Liar, Liar, Goodell's Pants on Fire: Cops Say Ray Rice Video Sent to NFL in April
NFL commish's statements don't square with new evidence