Typographers Have Spent a Thousand Years Trying—and Failing—to Render Arabic Properly

How do you justify Arabic text? It’s a simple question, but—as cataloged in a lengthy interactive post on the blog La Vita ...

‘The Guest’ Takes a “Nuanced” Dive Into Family, Forgiveness and Mental Health Without “Shaming”

Trine Dyrholm, Simon Bennebjerg and Josephine Park star in Mads Mengel's feature debut premiering at Karlovy Vary. In it, the ...
Bollywood Society on MSN

From video game icon to box office hit: How Sonic won over movie fans

From Video Game Icon to Box Office Hit: How Sonic Won Over Movie Fans ...

‘Off Campus’ Oral History: How the Book’s “Cornerstone” Sex Scene Became a Benchmark Episode on Consent and Intimacy

Key creatives behind the Prime Video series’ fourth episode, including co-showrunners Louisa Levy and Gina Fattore, along ...

How a Lego Gag Became 'Minions & Monsters' Most Divisive Moment

The team behind Minions & Monsters reveals the film's scrapped Harry Potter references and talks about the surprising end credits scene.

How AI is breaking job interviews, skills testing and evaluation

AI tools can help candidates answer interview questions, pass online exams, and earn professional certifications, raising new ...
Psychology Today

Life Crafting: How Writing Helps You Get the Life You Want

The world tugs on our attention, rerouting our focus throughout the day, leaving an ever-growing mountain of unfinished tasks and lingering feelings of malcontent. This zig-zag way of life, if we are ...
BroadwayWorld

HOW TO WRITE A MUSICAL THAT WORKS Workshop to Launch with TRU Feedback Series

Theater Resources Unlimited will present the first installment of How to Write a Musical That Works, a three-part Zoom workshop series open to writers and producers seeking feedback on works in ...
The New Yorker

Can A.I. Produce Writing That We Actually Want to Read?

This is part of a series of columns about the viability of the American university system. In the previous installment of this series on the future of higher education, I talked with professors about ...
The New Yorker

Why the Best Writing Advice Is Often the Weirdest

In “Thirty Recommendations for Good Writing Habits,” an essay published in 2013, the writer and translator Lydia Davis offers a cardinal rule: “work on your character.” (She happened on a variation of ...
IGN

Seth Rogen Tells Filmmakers Using AI to Write Scripts to 'Go Do Something Else'

Seth Rogen has pushed back on the use of AI in movies, telling writers using the technology for their scripts to "go do something else." "I don't understand what it's supposed to do. Every time I see ...