Readings

A weekly conversation between an avid Game of Thrones fan, and someone who has actively avoided it until now.

As interviews, explanatory essays, and other process-focused publishing artifacts become inescapable parts of the literary package, do we have to reckon with novels on terms other than our own?

Talking with the filmmaker behind Clouds of Sils Maria about meta-relationships between his movies, unconscious influences, and the beauty of acting.

Playboy has always relied on a balance between the erotic and the literary, and its long interviews are the most consistent asset for the latter. But what's that identity worth in 2015?

Despite years of intimidation, censorship, and violence, Iran's filmmakers continue to rise above the nation's restrictions on the medium.

Literally every single thing you need to know to prepare yourself for the next 2,430 games.

Are you locked in an endless power struggle? From conflicts and confrontations both institutional and personal, to managing your own privilege without being a dick, Scaach-22 is here to help.

There's a fine line between cultural fusion and cultural appropriation, but all namaste actually means is "hello."

Attempting to appeal to a tourist’s ideas of local culture is inevitably a losing proposition. The traveler’s very presence, after all, is already a mark against a place.