The controversial cult of the host club in Japan Host clubs are booming in Japan. Some 21,000 hosts—well-dressed young men, often wearing make-up like K-pop stars—work at 900 such establishments. They pamper and flatter their female clients. Sex is ... 05/16/2024 - 2:48 am | View Link
‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Review: Trauma Takes on Grieving in Rungano Nyoni’s Darkly Transfixing Second Feature Restless trauma fights patriarchal tradition at an abuser's funeral in 'On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,' Rungano Nyoni's transfixing second feature. 05/16/2024 - 2:35 am | View Link
How the manosphere found its way into the Black community The show is part of the “manosphere”: online places where men have conversations for, with and about men. Journalists and scholars generally describe younger white men as the most common audiences for ... 05/15/2024 - 3:01 am | View Link
An Artist Whose Knits Are an Antidote to Loneliness Patrick Carroll began making textiles during lockdown. Last year, several of them appeared at a JW Anderson runway show. 05/14/2024 - 1:56 am | View Link
The Black Female Artists Redefining Minimalism A new generation of painters and sculptors are finding creative freedom by making rigorously pared-down work. 05/9/2024 - 10:01 pm | View Link
If you loved Bryan Bertino's 2008 classic The Strangers, chances are you'll devour the three-chapter reboot that's now being released to the masses. From Lionsgate, The Strangers: Chapter 1 is out now, and most of us horror fanatics already know the chillingly simple premise: A stranger knocks on a couple's door, asks for someone who isn't there, and then proceeds to terrorize the couple with the help of a pair of other masked assailants.
Cannes Exclusive: Moore tells IndieWire about the humbling response to her critically acclaimed film, spending up to nine hours in the prosthetics chair, and what the media gets wrong about the nudity.