Tom Joudrey is a Pennsylvania-based freelance writer and multimedia journalist.

bbc culture

Why Requiem for a Dream is still so divisive, 25 years after its release

Could Amadeus be the most misunderstood Oscar winner ever?

American History X foreshadowed the resurgence of white nationalism

the guardian

Sunset Boulevard at 70: we’re all Norma Desmond now

the boston globe

The treacherous fem-bot that complicated AI ethics

The darker meaning of gaslighting

Bah, humbug! A Christmas Carol is cringeworthy

In 1909, E.M. Forster foresaw the real threat from AI

The beauty of ugliness

The high cost of Hollywood nostalgia

The afterlife of corpses

The Star Trek movie that makes a case against pursuing perfection

That time when songs about abortion were big hits

Cabaret and the shadow of fascism

In defense of The English Patient

Inequality ruined the rom-com

Stanley Kowalski’s populist rage was a prescient warning

In praise of Christmas lights

slate

I grew up on an apple orchard. You-pick season is hell

Homophobia built the closet

The long shadow of the anti-pornography movement

Recent cinema is gay but not queer

salon

The shocking twist of Dolores Claiborne? Being a difficult woman isn’t a crime

little white lies

The enduring relevance and heartache of Mysterious Skin

Casablanca has always been about refugees from fascism

outfront

The legacy of Suddenly, Last Summer

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