A Conversation About Repair
It has been a year, or in some cases less, but they are back: Louis CK, Jian Ghomeshi, John Hockenberry, and other men…
First-Time Actor Yalitza Aparicio Brings Alfonso Cuarón's Memories to Life in Roma
Roma has been the talk of this year’s festival circuit, from the ones in Toronto and Venice to the New York Film…
Tarana Burke on Me Too, 12 Years and 1 Year Later: 'Keep Your Head Down, Keep Moving Forward'
In a Senate floor speech announcing her support for now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Maine Republican Susan…
Climate Scientist Dr. Sarah Myhre on the Peril and Possibilities Ahead: 'We Need Leadership That Is Not Old and White and Male'
On Monday, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report that once again painted an…
The Good Place's D'Arcy Carden Knows It's Crazy to Think You'll Make It As an Actor
On The Good Place, a comedy about what happens to a group of medium-good people in the afterlife, D’Arcy Carden plays…
Michelle Williams on Bringing Her #MeToo Awakening to Her Role in Venom
At first, I thought Michelle Williams and I were going to have a 15-minute conversation about superheroes and CGI. The…
Snotgirl Co-Creator Leslie Hung on Drawing Women and Embracing Our 'Disgusting' Humanity
Your typical superhero comic hinges on a cleaving of the self. A godlike being can’t walk among mortals just as a…
'Norms Are Being Challenged All the Time': Joanne Freeman on Civility and the History of Congressional Brawls
A famous act of political violence is often used to illustrate the utter collapse of civic norms in the run-up to the…
Feminism As a 'Global Solidarity Movement': Leta Hong Fincher on Feminism and #MeToo in China
In 2015, a group of feminist activists in China planned to commemorate International Women’s Day by handing out…
Cynthia Nixon Intends to Win
When asked if she can come from behind and beat her opponent in New York’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, the…
A Chat With Patti Kaplan on Creating Real Sex & Filming Real Bodies
Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Times reported that HBO has removed all “late night” programming from its channels…
Activist Dior Vargas Wants to Center People of Color in the Mental Health Conversation
Mental health issues are not the sole domain of white people. Although that should be obvious, the media visibility…
Ayanna Pressley Knows She's 'Disruptive'
Though Massachusetts is one of the bluest states in the country, in its 230-year history, it has never elected a woman…
Susan Seidelman On How the 'Woman Director' Label Went from Pejorative to Political
Few movies capture the filth-under-the-fingernails grit of early ‘80s New York as well as Susan Siedelman’s 1982 film Sm…
Illustrator Lisa Hanawalt on Her New Comic Coyote Doggirl and the Appeal of 'Horse Girls'
The term “gross-out humor” doesn’t conjure up much subtlety or imagination. But for artist and illustrator Lisa…
Director Crystal Moselle on Her New Film Skate Kitchen and the Stress of Shooting Real Skaters
There’s a scene in the film Skate Kitchen in which the all-girl skate crew is swerving through the streets of their…
Madeline's Madeline Director Josephine Decker on Dictatorship and Democracy in Art
Josephine Decker’s third feature film, Madeline’s Madeline, is an exquisite collision of content and medium, a story…
Director Augustine Frizzell on Representation in Her Druggie Dropout Buddy Comedy Never Goin' Back
Augustine Frizzell wanted to see a movie that represented her teen experience, and so she made it. The result is the…
Joan Morgan on Her New Book and 20 Years of Lauryn Hill's Miseducation
In spite of and perhaps because of her greatness, Lauryn Hill left many of her fans conflicted. Released on August 25,…
Director Desiree Akhavan on The Miseducation of Cameron Post and Reimagining the Teen Movie
On paper, Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner The Miseducation of Cameron Post might sound like the making of a somber…