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SocietyJanuary 29, 2019
How Pop Culture Primed Us for ‘Alternative Facts’
When movies, TV shows, and video games deride science, facts, and reason, the harm to our political culture can be profound.
Peter Biskind
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FilmMarch 15, 2001
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FilmMarch 16, 2000
American Beauty or American Pie?
*Last year, I was the guest editor of The Nation's first issue devoted exclusively to Hollywood and politics.
Peter Biskind
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FilmMarch 16, 2000
Inside Indiewood
The Nation asked seven prominent members of the independent film community, including several filmmakers who released major films this year, to take the temperature of the movem
Peter Biskind
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FilmMarch 18, 1999
When Worlds Collide
When those in my modest circle of acquaintances learned that I was editing a Hollywood issue of The Nation, they found it either risible or irritating.
Peter Biskind
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FilmMarch 18, 1999
On Movies, Money & Politics
The Nation asked six politically active members of the entertainment community to comment on recent developments in the realms of politics and popular culture.
Peter Biskind