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Who Will Remember You?: “The Secret Agent” and the Humanities as Resistance
It’s 1977, a “time of great mischief” in Brazil, and in the opening minutes of Kleber Mendonça Filho‘s “The Secret Agent,” Marcelo (Wagner Moura) appears to be on the run. He drives in the blazing heat, a raucous hint of Carnaval at the fringes—and the imminent threat of violence. A dead body outside of a…
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Dwight Cleveland on What Lobby Cards Tell Us About Film History
In the earliest days of movie history, women played key roles on screen and behind the scenes. Dwight Cleveland, author of Cinema On Paper: The Graphic Genius of Movie Posters (Assouline) is helping to document their contributions with a curated collection of lobby cards, circulated by the filmmakers to promote the movies. In an interview…
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Milestones of 1956: Looking Back at Hollywood 70 Years Ago
Seventy years ago, the Hollywood studio system was in slow decline, with constant reshuffling in corporate suites and reduced attendance spurred by the rise of television. By the 1955–56 season, the number of US households with television access had risen to 71 percent, up from just 9 percent a mere five years earlier. Once the…
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Monstrous Women: From Medusa to the Bride and Rumi Too
Have you ever heard a recording of your voice and been surprised? It isn’t the same as the one in your head, and you realize the voice others hear isn’t necessarily yours. How you’re perceived can diverge drastically from who you are. That makes me wonder what the siren hears. Does she know she’s infamous?…
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Women Writers Week 2026: Table of Contents
FILM REVIEWS Hoppers review: Pixar’s latest doubles down on “friends not food” by Nell Minow Andre Is An Idiot review: Irreverent biodoc urges you to get your colon checked by Marya E. Gates The Bride! review: Maggie Gyllenhaal pieces together a fantastical creature feature by Tomris Laffly TV REVIEWS Vladimir by Sherin Nicole “RJ Decker”…
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NASA’s Asteroid-Smashing DART Mission Sped Up Space Rock’s Orbit Around the Sun
New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by diverting their orbits.
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OpenAI’s Fog of War + Betting on Iran + Hard Fork Review of Slop
“The Pentagon and OpenAI are saying to the public, You’re just going to have to trust us. And the public is saying, Well, we don’t.”
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Pentagon Officially Notifies Anthropic It Is a ‘Supply Chain Risk’
Anthropic has said it will sue the Defense Department over the designation, which could prevent the start-up from doing business with the U.S. government.
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Iran War Poses Test for Justice Dept. After Firings Deplete National Security Ranks
Firings, resignations and diversions to the president’s priorities have left elite counterterrorism and counterintelligence units stretched thin, current and former officials say.
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Russia Is Sharing Intelligence With Iran, U.S. Officials Say
The information has included satellite imagery showing the locations of military personnel. But some officials played down the significance of the partnership.