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What Do the Right Thing can teach us now

Over the weekend, director Spike Lee released a short film, "3 Brothers," which intercuts footage of the deaths of Eric Garner in 2014 and George Floyd last week alongside the death of the fictional...

June 2, 2020

3 disgusting ways independent, talkative women were tortured and shamed in Shakespeare's England

Queen Elizabeth I ruled Shakespeare's England for nearly 45 years, from 1558 to 1603. During her reign, she re-established the Church of England, ended a war with France, backed the arts of painting...

October 27, 2014

Lauren Bacall's remarkably honest account of Humphrey Bogart's death

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August 25, 2014

Lauren Bacall's remarkably honest account of Humphrey Bogart's death

More than 35 years before her death at 89, Lauren Bacall published her first autobiography, By Myself, in which she reminisced about her storied Hollywood career, her romantic relationships, and her...

August 13, 2014

What tattoos can teach us about modern fandom

I study Gene Kelly, the classic Hollywood song-and-dance man, for a living. I publish articles on his life and career. I require my introductory film students to watch Singin' in the Rain. Once, I e...

July 25, 2014

Our long national love affair with the American bungalow

What do Back to the Future (1985), Old School (2003), and IFC's Maron (2013–present) have in common? Their characters live in American bungalows, also known as Craftsman and/or Arts and Crafts homes...

July 15, 2014