Video essayist Thomas Flight dives deep into why character actors are the secret ingredient that makes films feel alive. His ...

There’s a classic example of narrative magazine writing in Rachel Aviv’s harrowing piece on a woman’s struggle to stop taking prescription psychiatric drugs. Jonathan Franzen’s pessimistic ...

Still, 89% of recruiters expect job candidates to submit them, according to Zety's 2025 Future of Work Report, which surveyed 753 recruiters or HR professionals involved in hiring.

The global warming that terrifies the good rule-heeding burghers of today is real enough. However, it has almost literally nothing to do with most phenomena attributed to it.

What is a ‘white saviour’? Elements of a white saviour narrative are pervasive in Villeneuve’s first Dune film (2021), which hints at – but doesn’t commit to – subverting this narrative.

But narrative, as literature and drama scholar Brian Boyd has written, “allows us [to go] beyond the limits of our lives” to benefit from the experience of others, whether real or imagined.