From just his scripts alone, Charlie Kaufman is certainly one of the most distinctive voices in American cinema, be it Being John Malkovich or Adaptation. Ever since 2008’s Synecoche, New York, he’s ...

A new study offers some of the strongest evidence yet that viewing art doesn’t just move us emotionally — it changes how we think. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara found that people who viewed artistic ...

Madrid-born, Manila-raised, and London-made, Marvin Jay Alvarez is a leading young talent in the comedy world. Starting his ...

The common intuition that art “expands your mind” may be more literal than it sounds. Art appears to work its cognitive magic by triggering “state openness” — a temporary shift toward a more receptive ...