For this week’s post, I spoke with Walt Hickey, data journalist and author of the new book You Are What You Watch.
Unpacking the world of scary movies, a genre of distinctive appeal and incredible profitability.
How and why does the Florida Man phenomenon exist?
What's the best year in movie history, and why?
A guest post on whether country singers are as "country" as their music.
Are more famous figures dying, and if so, why?
The facts and figures of "Peak TV," and why it had to come to an end.
ABBA's never-ending commercial afterlife and the creation of the ABBA-verse.
Why and how superhero movies are no longer so super.
The Nicole Kidman AMC promo is everywhere, all at once. How many times have we collectively watched this thing?
"Barbenheimer" and cinema's history of dueling big-budget movie releases.
