Arts + Culture

Sithara Ranasinghe|Analysis

‘Adulterations Detected:’ on the human impulse to prettify our food with poison

Susan Morris|Cinema

Dorothy and friends: Top film festival docs spotlight the women who’ve shaped media

Just a click tick after the release of ‘Wicked: For Good,’ DO’s arts commentator curates the best new documentaries on women who’ve captivated us on stage and screen — including Dorothy Gale herself.

Ellen McGirt|Profiles

How to make a horror film with no money, no script, and lots of friends

Alexis Haut|Interviews

How production designer Grace Yun turned domestic spaces into horror in 'Hereditary' and heartache in 'Past Lives'

Grace Yun, production designer of Hereditary and Past Lives, on how she builds worlds where fear, memory, and emotion take physical form.

Yahia Lababidi|Essays

‘The museum-going cannibal:’ On Francis Bacon

On the heels of this month’s Louvre heist, a poet reflects on his own hellish — and oddly heartening — encounter at a famed museum.

Delaney Rebernik|Fresh Ink

The Design of Horror | The Horror of Design: a series

This October, we plumb the depths of horrific design and designed horrors. Welcome to Hell.