Few characters in film history will be remembered for their sounds as opposed to words, like Chewbacca from the Star Wars saga. His iconic growls, moans, and expressive vocalizations created a ...

As the awards season reaches its climax, Adam Nayman looks deeper at the how and the why of acting excellence, as well as the who.

“If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.” The last line of Toni Morrison’s novel Song of Solomon has served as a source of inspiration since its publication in 1977, but it’s stronger than ...

Our Oscars quiz, written by former Record 'Road Warrior' John Cichowski, tests your Hollywood knowledge!

Tibetan National Uprising Day, observed annually on March 10, honors the 1959 Lhasa Uprising against Chinese rule. The ...

What were once considered the ravings of tinfoil-hat conspiracy junkies are now par for the course for the Trumpian right and its analysis of the state of public education. This week. the House of ...

From Dungeon Crawler Carl to Crime and Punishment, these picks by The National's staff prove spoken word can be more immersive than text ...

The closest most of us will ever get to visiting Mars is watching movies or scrolling through NASA photos, but Paint Mines Interpretive Park in Calhan offers a surprisingly convincing alternative.

The soft, rhythmic hum of a laptop fan in the middle of the night is a sound that defines the modern search for belonging. In the quiet of a bedroom in a small town in Tamil Nadu, the world often ...

I read the article on March 7 about a cashier at Walmart taking money from a cash register drawer. Many years ago, I was a cashier at a grocery store. Every time we ran a cash register, we had to ...

Dear Luv Doc, My girlfriend is eating our walls. We have been living together for a little under two years. Things have been going so well and I know she’s my forever person. She has such a stressful ...