Jenji Kohan of Orange is the New Black and Jill Soloway of Transparent both see the value in open, inclusive writers' rooms—though maybe not for the same reasons.
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The filmmaker discusses the process of writing his debut novel, great illiterate screenwriters, and finding beauty in our bodies' grislier corners.
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Humans will debate just about anything; whether their positions stand up to any sort of external scrutiny is often of secondary concern. Don't believe us? Take a look at this diagram.
The most overconfident among us may not be willfully delusional: inherent cognitive laziness or built-in defense mechanisms may be to blame. But even accidentally inflated egos can influence others.
Like musicians whose songs you might instinctively call "angular" or "twee," the singer's debut album strikes immediately as "atmospheric"—whatever that means.
Figuring out the force behind Taylor Swift's new song, one component part at a time.
Steven Soderbergh's turn-of-the-last-century medical drama is obsessed with modernity—what it means to step out of history's shadow, and how we shape the past to fit our current needs.
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