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Captain America’s freedom fail: How the powerful few justify answering only to themselves
Matthew Rozsa
The seductive “safest hands are still our own” idea of "Captain America: Civil War" is sinister—and understandable
Our juvenile American fantasies: Comic-book fascism, the rise of Trump and “Captain America: Civil War”
Andrew O'Hehir
Marvel's latest superhero throwdown is more fun than the GOP civil war — but raises the same dark questions
Moms deserve better than this: The shameless pandering of “Mother’s Day” is an argument for the death of “hyperlink” films
Nico Lang
Garry Marshall's latest holiday-pegged rom-com, built from the awful mold of "Love Actually," is a desperate farce
From “sob sister” to badass: Lois Lane’s long, amazing journey out of Superman’s shadow
Mark Peters
She debuted in Action Comics #1 and spent decades as a damsel and a buzzkill—but she's always been her own woman
A week of election coverage melted my brain: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and America’s terminal narcissism
Tom Engelhardt
Politics have given way to reality television. Is it any wonder who's leading the Republican Party right now?
Which American dream will win?: Donald Trump as existential hero and the ugliness lurking in the “dream life of our nation”
David Masciotra
Norman Mailer's seminal essay on JFK's election reminds us the country's soul is still very much at stake in 2016
Jesse Eisenberg loves his “mercurial” roles: “It’s wonderful to perform in a way that the authenticity of the character is of paramount concern”
Gary M. Kramer
Salon talks to "Batman v. Superman"'s Lex Luthor about his new film "Louder Than Bombs"
“A guy in my MFA program once described my stories as ‘cutesy’”: 5 authors on the worst words critics have used to describe their work
Teddy Wayne
Salon talks to Charles Bock, Manuel Gonzales, Charlotte Rogan, Rebecca Schiff & Rob Spillman about their new books
Donald Trump, supervillain? Here are 8 evil comic book presidents who resemble the GOP front-runner
Mark Peters
A Trump presidency would be like no other in American history, so let's look at comics to see how it could turn out
Campbell Brown, charter propagandist: How the former anchorwoman became the face of education reform
Kali Holloway
Once an NBC reporter, Brown now leads an education news site backed by the likes of the Walton Family Foundation
“Batman v. Superman” isn’t a flop: A superhero movie that questions absolute power is tailor-made for 2016
Matthew Rozsa
With a record-breaking opening weekend, we shouldn't completely write off Zack Snyder's hero film as dumb spectacle
What if Batman wasn’t a jerk? The Dark Knight should be more like Yoda, less like Kylo Ren
Mark Peters
In "Batman v. Superman," he's darker than ever—but Batman doesn't have to be a psycho who won't grow up
Bridget Jones is not a millennial: The war over “millennials in the workplace” stories hits peak absurdity
Scott Timberg
There's nothing wrong with a generational assessment, but can we declare a moratorium on these stories now?
Critics thrash “Batman v. Superman”: “Not as bad as Bush v. Gore, but close”
Brendan Gauthier
A 32 percent on Rotten Tomatoes isn't bad relative to what critics have been saying about Zack Snyder's flop
Best ever superhero movie (in terms of fabrics): It’s god vs. psycho in Zack Snyder’s bombastic “Batman v Superman”
Andrew O'Hehir
Ben Affleck's psychotic Batman takes on Henry Cavill's cardboard Superman -- and Wonder Woman saves the day
7 celebrities who kill press tours: Henry Cavill’s “disaster” interviews could be worse
Nico Lang
The "Batman v. Superman" star's gaffes are mild compared to these masters of the form—even those now reformed
Brussels and American narcissism: Europe faces a huge test — it’s one we already failed
Andrew O'Hehir
Of course our response to the latest tragedy was panic, hysteria and Trumpism. But this really isn't about us
Donald Trump is The Joker: Forget Mussolini and Hitler, the GOP strongman is an authoritarian populist straight from Hollywood
Neal Gabler
Trump authoritarian populism is a natural fit for a reality TV era in which conservatives refuse all compromise
Cranks, zealots, extremists: How the paranoid style of Trump, Cruz and Palin took over the GOP and infected America
Lou Dubose
The overheated rhetoric and reckless posturing from the right is a return of a rancid thread of American politics
Hate-watching Duke vs. Yale: It’s “Batman vs. Superman” for a-holes — not the game America wants, but it’s the one we deserve
Willie Davis
Cheering for either elite school in the NCAA tournament is buying into pernicious lies about America and success
Ayn Rand’s warped superheroes: Of course Zack Snyder’s vision of “greatness” owes everything to “The Fountainhead”
Scott Eric Kaufman
Snyder working on an adaptation of Rand's novel makes perfect sense—just look at his body of work
Peyton Manning is no hero: Would his troubling past be ignored if he weren’t white?
Nico Lang
What's going on when an alleged sexual assault gets swept under the rug amid tributes to the football "hero"?
The 15 most racist Oscar films of all time: Here’s why #OscarsSoWhite is not a surprise
Ibram X. Kendi
#OscarsSoWhite isn't just about the absence of Black nominees—it's about the Academy's history of racist narratives
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