Movies pull us into other worlds, and while most viewers focus on the actors and the action unfolding on screen, there’s an entire universe of intentional details hiding in plain sight. Set designers ...

With six suspects who may have committed the crime and nine rooms in which to perform the deed, the mystery game Clue has remained a popular—and legal—way to stage a murder. In 1985, this beloved ...

For seven years, it was just a photograph: an endless stretch of fluorescent-lit yellow office hallway, empty of the desks and people that would normally be there. This summer, it became the biggest ...

You’re reading Critic’s Notebook, our weekend column looking at the most interesting moments in the cultural Zeitgeist. In the summer of 2024, I was contacted by the casting director Jennifer Venditti ...