Noah Berlatsky

So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?

english lit academic. wish fulfiller. thwarted world-changer.

For once, central character Andrew's flaws are tied up in the fact that he is—wait for it—fundamentally decent.

Bulimia.com has reworked superhero images to show more realistic body types—and their efforts are valuable in more than the expected ways.

A Ghostbusters with a female cast is a thorough violation of the spirit of the original. And that's a good thing.

The Lord of the Flies can feel like a vacation spot for conflict-management consultants in comparison to social media.

The surface text of the film is that you can't trust some guys. The (barely) subtext is that you can't trust any guys.

"I believe that, in order to address these problems, we need to first understand how we got here."

Scientists are hotly debating whether we should send messages into space. Perhaps they should consult Octavia Butler for some wisdom...

Let's not ignore the fact that the original James Bonds wasn't just white. He was a white supremacist.