As a middle-aged nerd, I sometimes find myself referring to the movies of my childhood and being surprised by how weird they are by modern standards of political correctness. At the same time, some of ...

In 2014, the writer Claire Dederer was researching one of her favorite filmmakers, Roman Polanski, for her memoir Love and Trouble. That spring and summer, as she rewatched Chinatown, Rosemary’s Baby, ...