‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Is a Science Fiction Film

Far from wallowing in nostalgia, Tarantino is using alternative history to critique conventional Hollywood endings.

Jeet Heer

Democratic Candidates Are Ignoring One of the Year’s Biggest Labor Disputes

Their hunger for Hollywood money is leading them to duck the important fight between the Writers Guild of America and the Association of Talent Agents.

Keli Goff

The Admissions Scandal Is About Parental Narcissism—and the Schools’ Complicity

This is what college looks like for entitled parents who don’t care about education, and whose children don’t care either.

Katha Pollitt

Hollywood Is Still a Sundown Town for Black Representation

Yoruba Richen’s Green Book documentary captures the history and humanity missing from the Oscar-winning movie.

Aaron Ross Coleman

The Cynthia Nixon Plan Miranda Hobbes Would Hate

She is the celebrity, but Andrew Cuomo is Hollywood’s real friend.

Pat Garofalo

What Farmworkers Can Teach Hollywood About Ending Sexual Harassment

A proven model for creating a safer workplace exists in Florida’s tomato fields.

Greg Kaufmann

The Lefty Critique of #TimesUp Is Tired and Self-Defeating

This was an action organized by and for women of color activists that reached millions. What’s wrong with that?

Rinku Sen

Tarana Burke Says #MeToo Should Center Marginalized Communities

An interview with the woman who launched the Me Too campaign over a decade ago.

Elizabeth Adetiba

Hollywood People on Harvey Weinstein

Calvin Trillin

Will We Believe Her Now?

This might be a tipping point for sexual harassment. On the other hand...

Katha Pollitt