For all its faults, Avatar: The Way of Water does a service by bringing an anti-militaristic message to American cinemas.

Comic book stories shape and reaffirm cultural and political attitudes. We shouldn’t settle for the imperialist propaganda put out by the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Why has the story of Spartacus become important to leftists over the years? Because Spartacus showed what it would take for people to liberate themselves from violent systems of oppression.

Even though television is a highly commercialized art form, The Twilight Zone still managed to offer innovation and politically incisive commentary.

Charlie Chaplin’s films are insightful explorations of poverty, homelessness, and the callous moneyed classes. They also show cinema’s capacity to act as a small empathy-generating machine.

How the popular subgenre of apocalyptic Christian horror media has shaped a generation of evangelical thinking.

Recall your favorite nineties trends- the bucket hat, high-security purple diaries, and harbingers of the climate apocalypse. What about these films sticks with us?

A closer look at the economics of Black pop culture reveals that most Black creators (outside music) come from middle-to-upper middle class backgrounds, while the Black poor are written about but rarely get the chance to speak for themselves.