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Fairy Tales Started Dark, Got Cute, and Are Now Getting Dark Again Universal

Fairy Tales Started Dark, Got Cute, and Are Now Getting Dark Again

The action-packed 'Snow White and the Huntsman' is less a subversion of an old story than a return to one.

The Design Essentials of the Perfect Pair of Pointe Shoes New York City Ballet

The Design Essentials of the Perfect Pair of Pointe Shoes

The New York City Ballet spends roughly half a million dollars a year to keep its ballerinas in custom-designed shoes. 

A Mind-Bending Showdown Between Ego and Id in a Crumbling Sanatorium Rusch Meyer

A Mind-Bending Showdown Between Ego and Id in a Crumbling Sanatorium

Alter Ego, an experimental short by Rusch Meyer, blends gorgeous cinematography with a rich soundscape. 

Games Beyond the Game: The 100 Greatest Quotes in 'The Wire' HBO

Games Beyond the Game: The 100 Greatest Quotes in 'The Wire'

As the critically acclaimed HBO series approaches its 10th birthday, celebrate with a montage of the best lines (warning: includes spoilers). 

10 Years After Its Premiere, 'The Wire' Feels Dated, and That's a Good Thing HBO

10 Years After Its Premiere, 'The Wire' Feels Dated, and That's a Good Thing

The HBO show is a valuable artifact from the post-9/11, pre-social media revolution era.

An Ambitious Project to Turn the Literary Canon Into Comics Gareth Hinds / The Graphic Canon, Volume 1 (Seven Stories Press)

An Ambitious Project to Turn the Literary Canon Into Comics

From Shakespeare to Milton to Nabokov, the world's most enduring books are being tackled by famed graphic novelists in a three-volume set.

The Crowded, Competitive World of Animal Acting AP Images

The Crowded, Competitive World of Animal Acting

Pets appear in movies, TV shows, commercials, and plays, but low pay and changing regulations make it hard for their trainers and managers to get by.

'Black Lagoon': The First, Great Pretty-Girl-Attacked-by-Aquatic-Beast Film? Universal

'Black Lagoon': The First, Great Pretty-Girl-Attacked-by-Aquatic-Beast Film?

Chatting with Julie Adams, the star who helped set the formula followed by the new 'Piranha 3DD.'

Track of the Day: 'Yesterday' Atlantic Media
No Gatorade: Celebrating New York City's Pick-up Basketball Scene Doin' It in the Park

No Gatorade: Celebrating New York City's Pick-up Basketball Scene

Two filmmakers played ball and talked to players across New York's five boroughs to make Doin' It in the Park

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