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Eight Years After #MeToo, the Intimacy Coordinator Backlash Has Arrived

Intimacy coordinators were supposed to make sets safer. Instead, they've become a flashpoint.

Illustration in vintage poster style: A person in a blue-and-white striped romper, holding a red envelope, with the words 'Glass Onion.'

Peeling Back the Tech Broligarchy's Glass Onion

'Knives Out: Glass Onion’ skewered the tech industry. Three years later, the film remains an urgent call to reclaim entertainment and tech from the broligarchy.

Upending the Male (Film) Gaze

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Upending the Male (Film) Gaze

The Flytrap spoke to the community organizers diversifying film culture away from the whims of film bros.

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'Sinners' Celebrates the Decadent Intimacy of the Black South

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Virginity is Fake, So Why is it Still a Rite of Passage?

Despite its reputation as a sexist film, I rewatched “American Pie” and some parts still hold up for me, more than 25 years later.

Illustration in green and black: A long-haired person faces a billboard advertising "The Substance" while a syringe oozes green goo.

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The Substance Asks the Question: Can Hollywood Escape Its Own Beauty Standards?

The latest feminist film about society’s obsession with youth never answers its own question.

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The Most? Wonderful? Time? of the Year

The Christian Christmas industrial complex wants us to buy the illusion of unity while fascism prepares to enter the White House.