interview

I Play the Dirty Grandma on Every TV Show

Bunny Levine didn’t begin acting until her 50s, but now she’s carved out her own corner of show business by playing just about every dirty old lady on TV and film

How ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ Still Poisons Our Legal System

Defenses like ‘locker-room talk’ aren’t just memorable Trump lines — they’re used to normalize male sexual violence in courtrooms

Are We Living in a Simulation? The Director of ‘Room 237’ Decided to Find Out

Documentarian Rodney Ascher talked to everyday people who are convinced the world around us is an illusion. But as he tells MEL, he’s more interested in the mystery of why we believe what we believe.

Are You Less Sexist Than Most Guys? You’d Be Surprised.

New research offers a few clues why male ‘feminists’ and ‘allies’ are often the worst offenders — and the lies they tell themselves to rationalize it