Noah Berlatsky

Katniss is the voice of conscience and morality in the film, and in The Hunger Games series as a whole. In the just released last film in the series, she tries repeatedly to avoid unnecessary deaths. She insists that refugees from an attacked base be given an escape route, for example, and exposes herself in an effort to help them.

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

Illicit passions aren't less enjoyable because they're illicit. Quite the contrary.

Genre boundaries are conscious of race—and, in the case of rock, conscious of gender too.

Metal aggression isn't sexual, but existential. As a result, women in the genre are both rare and unexpectedly equal.

Writing can be hard and uncomfortable and precarious—but it's hard and uncomfortable and precarious in the way that any job can be.

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

Why should prostitution be illegal? And, more specifically why should male prostitution be illegal?

It's hard to deny the appeal of the masculine ideal, especially when embodied in Jude Law. And yet, it's also a depressing vision.

According to an Academy Awards voter, the right sort of people, with the right sort of education and connections, can't be racist.