spy Amélie was actually a KGB spy Rusty Blazenhoff

Erotic feminist graphic novel explores freedom in Dutch Golden Age Ellsworth Toohey

film Coming soon from filmmaker Case Esparros: "The Absence of Milk in the Mouths of the Lost" Mister Dobo

film criticism The top films of 2023, thus far Greg Nussen

pop culture Ingenious animatronics: Danny Huynh's toy-inspired creations are delightful feats of engineering Andrew Yi

video essays The unexpected pleasure of finding Voir Andrew Yi

Harold and Maude Harold and Maude Turns 50 Janelle Hessig

police Man arrested on assault charges for dangling a donut in front of police Thom Dunn

magic Beyond Brookledge, May 19-21st at the iconic Mission Inn Jason Weisberger

movies "To the Right": hypnotizing supercut of lateral movement in movies David Pescovitz

art Posters for famous movies made from their key props Andrea James

science fiction Fiction: The Boy Who Made Flowers S.B. Divya

tech Squarespace staffer claims exec told them "you're so black, you blend into the chair" Rob Beschizza

corruption Once again, the SFPD blames a cyclist for his own death without any investigation Cory Doctorow

supercuts Movie phone call supercut Mark Frauenfelder

books Dragons Beware: Claudette's back in the sequel to Giants Beware! Cory Doctorow