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How I Rediscovered My Inner Teen at 40

For director Anna Mastro, making Secret Society of Second-Born Royals connected her back to her adolescence – and her true superpower.

September 23, 2020

On Marvel vs. Scorsese, and the Importance of Guilty Pleasures

Writer-director Andrew Matthews says it’s essential to acknowledge the difference between high art and low art.

November 22, 2019

I Went to Black Panther With My Son, and Saw the Future

Shannon Plumb on the world now, and the world that can be glimpsed in Ryan Coogler's paradigm-shifting box-office behemoth.

March 2, 2018

On That Lost Three-Hour Version Superman and the Curious Pleasures of TV Edits

Jim Hemphill shares his fondness for quirky small-screen cuts of big movies, and one of these that's finally been released for the first time.

November 3, 2017

“A Warrior Genius with a Child’s Brain in a Sex Goddess Body?”

Writer-directors Josephine Decker, Deborah Kampmeier and Drew Denny discuss their differing and complicated feelings about Wonder Woman.

The Particular Cathartic Ecstasy of Watching Wonder Woman

Lynn Shelton on her very personal – and emotional response – to Patty Jenkins' game-changing superhero movie.

June 12, 2017

An Alienating, Jarring, Ironic Fever Dream: In Defense of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

We like our superhero movies fun and uncomplicated, so it's no surprise this subversive, complex and determinedly modern vision has been rejected.

April 1, 2016

Jonathan Lisecki (Gayby) Talks Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past has been out for less than three weeks and has already made over $600 million worldwide...

June 12, 2014