The most far-fetched, stranger-than-fiction tale to come out of Hollywood in our lifetimes receives no Oscars or even applause at…

When I wrote my recent essay for this magazine about the death of beauty in cinema, I didn’t mean the…

The host or the producers of The Dick Cavett Show possessed a sense of humor — or at least a…

Long ago and far away, through the miracle of my parents’ friendship with the immortal columnist and speechwriter Bill Safire,…

I intended to write only one movie-themed Valentine’s Day piece this week — on how the death of the heteronormative…

Normandy Vamos sues American Idol because the program did not pay her for trying out for its televised talent show…

Gone are the days when parents could turn on the Disney Channel or a Disney movie and walk away. A…

The franchise of Bond, James Bond has suffered the same fate as some other companies in corporate America: it has…

In this episode of The Spectacle podcast, what was planned to be a regular discussion of American politics quickly turned…

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree. Where Alph, the sacred river ran, Through caverns measureless to…