Performing Arts
The Real Scottish Landscapes That Inspired Pixar’s “Brave”
Disney/Pixar's "Brave" is based on real places in Scotland. Now, "Brave"-centric vacations lets families experience the adventure first hand.
June 26, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Surgery, Security and Sales: The Future of Closed-Circuit Television
Just as people were experimenting with the potential uses of broadcast TV in the 1930s, so too were they envisioning ways to utilize closed-circuit TV in the 1950s
June 26, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
Documenting Sexual Assault in The Invisible War
A new documentary gives voice to victims in the military and may be a key force behind a new initiative to put an end to the violence
June 22, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Your Kid’s New Dermatologists: Barney and Kung Fu Panda
Next time your kid has a pesky wart to remove, it could be everybody’s favorite big purple dinosaur who assists with the procedure. A new study indicates that children are less angsty when having their warts removed if they’ve first watched their favorite movie or TV show just before going under the knife. Reuters Health [...]
June 22, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
We Are Already Living in Hollywood’s Dystopian Future
Not sure about you, but I wouldn’t want to live in a world where genetically engineered replicant robots prowled the dank, steel-and-microchip urban jungles a la Blade Runner. Likewise for the Minority Report future in which creepy pale kids call people out for murders they had not yet committed. It’s been 30 years since Blade Runner [...]
June 22, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Movie Mash-ups That Beat Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
Mixing movie genres, from Abbott and Costello to SCTV
June 20, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Father’s Day Roundup of Six Dads You Want to Avoid
Here are some films that give parenthood a bad name
June 15, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Five Women Animators Who Shook Up the Industry
From the silent days to the present, women have been a solid—if often unrecognized—force in animation
June 13, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Musicians on the Road: Film vs. Reality
How Hollywood portrays musicians—rock, jazz and country—as they tour
June 08, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Music for Airports Soothes the Savage Passenger
Brian Eno's Music for Airports is a sound environment created specifically to complement the experience of waiting in an airport terminal
June 07, 2012 |
By Jimmy Stamp
John Wayne’s Hondo Comes Out on Blu-ray
The Duke's daughter-in-law Gretchen Wayne talks about the restored version of one of his moodier Westerns
June 06, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
The Origins of the Drive-In Theater
For starters, a bit of trivia: the inventor created the drive-in to accommodate his "rather large" mother
June 06, 2012 |
By K. Annabelle Smith
A Grimm Review of Snow White and the Huntsman
Fairy tale expert Jack Zipes shares his thoughts on the latest adaptation
June 05, 2012 |
By K. Annabelle Smith
Finding Doc Watson on Film
Searching for folk music on movies can be surprisingly difficult
June 04, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
You've Never Heard A Music Box Like This
In a funky New Orleans experiment, musicians turn a ramshackle house into a cacophony of sounds
June 2012 |
By Jamie Katz
Rosanne Cash and the Many Meanings of Love
One of the most gifted singer-songwriters of our time talks love, science and the deep space between men and women
June 2012 |
By Ron Rosenbaum
LISTEN NOW: Wu Man Brings East and West Together in New Album
In Borderlands, the Chinese musician highlights the culture of the Uyghur people
June 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Beyond Kung Fu: 5 Movies From Asia to Catch
Will the recent purchase of AMC theaters by a Chinese billionaire mean more Asian films in theaters? Likely not, but here are some to watch in the meantime
May 30, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Predictions for Educational TV in the 1930s
Before it became known as the "idiot box," television was seen as the best hope for bringing enlightenment to the American people
May 29, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
Judging an Airline by its Uniform
What flight attendant uniforms say about airline brand identity, cultural attitudes, and passenger psychology
May 29, 2012 |
By Sarah C. Rich
