"Sleepeater" director Amrita Acharia notes that women are often assigned caregiver roles, whether they want them or not — they're asked not just to care for children, but also for spouses, and aging parents.

The lead characters of "Sleepeater," Ahri and Matilda (played by Jordan Alexandra and Amelia Clay), have no interest in caring for Ahri's aging father (Emilio D...

Here are 12 young actors who made it without family connections — just hard work and tons of talent.

No nepo babies here.

Here we go.

Jenna Ortega Jenna Ortega in Wednesday - Credit: Netflix

One of the fastest-rising young actors who made it without family connections, 23-year-old Scream and Wednesday star Jenna Ortega to...

Not long ago, Michelle West asked her Aunt Carol for some family stories. What her aunt then told her became the basis for West's fascinating new short film "Lineage," which is set in a more harrowing version of 1933 than we normally see on film, and illustrates how much people, and especially women, must hide their secrets to survive.

The short, which just played t...

These '80s comedies were made at a time when people had a higher tolerance for dicey jokes.

Eleven of them make no apologies — but the last one kind of does.

Porky's (1981) Credit: 20th Century Fox

It will never stop amusing us that the guy who made Porky's, the great director Bob Clark, also made A Christmas Story. (He also made t...

Here are 12 classic movies about the devil — and a few thoughts on what the devil would really be like.

But First... 20th Century Fox - Credit: C/O

Though Broadcast News isn't on this list because it doesn't feature the devil, it does include a fabulous speech by Albert Brooks' Aaron Altman (above) in which he explains how he thinks the devil would be...