Eliana Dockterman

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Crazy Rich Asians. As the first studio film in 25 years to feature an all-Asian cast and an Asian-American lead, Crazy Rich Asians has already hit a major milestone...

Writers have long immortalized cult leaders in novels, television and film as irresistible forces who seduce followers into submission. But in reality, they aren't always magnetic. The elusive Bhagwan of the Rajneeshees in Netflix's recent...

The Oscar-nominated actor on directing movies, the state of modern romance and why he won't whine about getting older

"I like to surprise people"

When The Walking Dead started filming in Senoia, Ga., in 2011, six stores were open in the 4,000-person town. “It was dying,” says Lee Thomas, deputy commissioner of the Georgia film office. That’s exactly what...

Megan Abbott isn't afraid of a little blood. Her new thriller, Give Me Your Hand, is soaked in it. The women wear red stockings and "placenta red" lipstick. Mostly, Abbott writes about period blood, a...