2017 may have been an awful year for film culture, with its ongoing revelations of sexual abuse and gender inequities, but it was a phenomenal year for film, and yesterday's Oscar nominations reflect that. While we can argue over which movies and performances were left out, it's ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Dec 20, 2018

This is not a story about Aziz Ansari harassing or assaulting me. This is not a story blaming “Grace,” the woman accusing Aziz Ansari of sexual misconduct. This is a story intended to be part of a larger, more complicated conversation that is far from binary, a place my younger ...read more

• By Christina McDowell
  Jan 19, 2018

Oprah Winfrey gave her unique take on the #metoo movement at the Golden Globes Award and quite literally brought the house down. This was without doubt one of the most powerful speeches made about the movement that is rapidly changing American society and needs to be heard by, ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Jan 7, 2018

When Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Team America: World Police came out in 2004, critics didn't quite know what to make of it. With its bashing of liberalism, celebrities, and puppet sex, some believed it was an act of juvenile rebellion with little more to say than "fuck the ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Dec 20, 2018

(WARNING: You are about to read satire!) So you wanna masturbate, preferably in the presence of a woman. We all do my friend. Who doesn’t?! But first you must determine if your particular situation is right for both you and your masturbatory muse. Sounds complicated, right? It’s ...read more

• By Frederic Poag
  Dec 20, 2018

The Banter Long Read: The fact that this crisis reaches beyond Weinstein to infect organizations like Screen Junkies and Alamo Drafthouse makes it so unprecedented in its scale that no Hollywood scandal to come before it can be a sufficient model for how to correct things going ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Dec 20, 2018

If you're looking for a case study in what happens to old white men's brains after decades of watching Fox News and listening to right wing talk radio, look no further than vocal Trump supporter and actor James Woods.  A celebrity favorite of the hard right, Woods rantings about ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 6, 2017

Americans and the American media only seem to grasp a tragedy, problem, disaster or disease when it happens to a celebrity. I guess we can’t help it. We’re just narrow-minded imbeciles who require a larger-than-life figure through which to experience human emotion vicariously, ...read more

• By Rich Herschlag
  Oct 24, 2017

When it comes to naming, shaming and prosecuting sexual predators, there are no sacred cows. While certain high profile figures may be well loved, if there are women claiming they were assaulted by them, they should be believed. Period. This means we take the claims against the ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Oct 23, 2017

Breitbart.com is outraged by Hollywood rape culture in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, so outraged in fact that they've started a 'Livewire' on the front page of their site to highlight stories about women suffering in the industry:  Coming from the internet cesspool ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Oct 17, 2017

In this episode of the Bantercast, Ben and Michael discuss the shocking Harvey Weinstein scandal and why sexual assault is so rife in corporate America. Also discussed in today's show: is 'toxic masculinity' a real thing? Are the regressive left responsible for the Alt Right, ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Oct 12, 2017

In 2015, Colin Trevorrow was on top of the world. Three years prior, he had launched his career with the indie sci-fi comedy Safety Not Guaranteed, which won a screenwriting award at Sundance. Soon after, he found himself personally selected by Steven Spielberg to director ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Sep 6, 2017

If my Facebook feed is anything like yours, rational Americans are goddamn tired of watching one massive Trump scandal after another float by with zero repercussions because Republicans are apparently terrified of making Mike Pence the president and letting him rubber stamp all ...read more

• By Mike Redmond
  Dec 20, 2018

UPDATE: This article was published in 2013 in response to Roseanne Barr accusing President Obama of being a dictator, orchestrating the Boston Marathon bombing and implementing 'Nazi' like health care in America. The article generated considerable attention and even prompted ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Jun 10, 2016

(Photos: Getty) If you had posted a picture of Wayne Brady and said that it was Renée Zellweger, most of us would've been just as inclined to believe it as we are the photos of the "new" Renée that are now circulating around the internet. If you haven't seen the pictures of ...read more

• By Chez Pazienza
  Nov 9, 2018

Kim Kardashian is an idiot.   This is a statement that no one outside of Kanye West seems inclined to argue against, but it’s also not entirely true. Kim Kardashian isn’t an intellectual, that’s basically a given at this point (see: anytime she has even spoken about anything), ...read more

• By Bryce Rudow
  Nov 9, 2018

The big six movie studios along with foreign tax subsidies are in tandem killing the American video effects industry. This short-subject documentary about demise of the Rhythm & Hues VFX studio explains how it's all going down. R&H was forced to declare bankruptcy just a week ...read more

• By Bob Cesca
  Feb 17, 2016

South African Director Neill Blomkamp shot to fame with the awesome 'District 9' in 2009 - an alien movie that was really an allegory to the South African Apartheid. With unknown actors and a pretty small budget, Blomkamp shot a highly original, dystopic sci-fi thriller full of ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Feb 24, 2016