Aliens. They come in peace, they destroy our planet, they mystify, terrify, and inspire. Crop Circle Cinema explores alien movies through the decades, specifically those set in rural places. Why do ...

Alien movies have endured as a popular way to explore our anxieties about the unknown. But why do so many take place in rural America and what are they representing when they do? Art by Nhatt Nichols.

I’ve taken quite a few courses on American cinema, which inevitably means I’ve spent a lot of time with the Western genre. From Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Shows to Spaghetti Westerns, I’ve consumed a ...

Every summer, intricate patterns mysteriously appear in fields across the globe, captivating onlookers and igniting debates. These formations, known as crop circles, have been attributed to everything ...