Film
Film
Opinion
The Media’s New Product: Permission to Do Whatever You Want
Dec 20, 2024 Cultural commentary once tried to explain how society could do a little bit better. Now the point is to tell people only what they want to hear.
Film
Portrait of the Victim as a Young Man
Dec 18, 2024 RaMell Ross’ take on Colson Whitehead’s “Nickel Boys” is an inventive and socially charged masterwork.
Books
The Alchemy That Powers the Modern World
Dec 13, 2024 Two recent books examine the use and abuse of uranium and the costs of producing the vital minerals needed to fuel tomorrow’s technology.
Film
Rooms of Joy and Sorrow
Dec 13, 2024 Cinema’s most striking colorist paints a scene from the end of life.
Media
From ‘Satisfactory’ to ‘Problematic’: Press Freedom in the U.S. Hit an All-Time Low
Dec 13, 2024 Legislative assaults on the media are a key driver of the downward spiral.
Film
The Center Cannot Hold
Dec 6, 2024 The personal is political in the Iranian drama “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.”
Opinion
All the World’s America’s Stage — Even Ancient Rome
Dec 6, 2024 The story of an escaped gladiator provides an excellent opportunity for Hollywood filmmakers to relitigate the particulars of U.S. history.
TD Interview
Exile’s Eye
Dec 4, 2024 To understand the pain of deracination, Raoul Peck resurrects the legacy of apartheid-era photographer Ernest Cole.
Book Excerpt
The Case for Digital Degrowth
Nov 29, 2024 AI and data center energy consumption has been overhyped. Greening the digital society requires confronting deeper structural problems.
TD Interview
Intrepid Exile Mohammad Rasoulof Thwarts the Theocracy
Nov 26, 2024 Iran’s outcast artist on the “gangsters of culture” and making movies under the mullahs’ noses.
TD Interview
