Mike Pearl
'Look of Silence' Director Joshua Oppenheimer Talks Art, Confrontation, and Genocide
The director of "The Act of Killing" and "The Look of Silence" has made two documentary epic poems about long-ignored Indonesian war crimes.
We Asked An Evolutionary Biologist What the Hell Minions Actually Are
"We don't have any evidence to suggest that these aren't just really big bags of jelly as opposed to very complicated skeletal structures with muscles."
Revisiting 'Putney Swope' with Robert Downey Sr.
The 1969 film helped launch the creative ambitions of Louis CK and Paul Thomas Anderson. We talked to Downey, now 78, about whether or not it's his best film, and whether anyone really "gets" it.
A Nighttime Visit to LA's Notorious Los Feliz Murder Mansion
On December 7, 1959, sometime between midnight and dawn, Dr. Harold N. Perelson lost his mind. After beating his wife to death with a hammer he attacked his daughter—who survived—and then killed himself by drinking a glass of acid.
'Nightcrawler' Is Media Criticism Disguised as a Thriller
I spoke to Dan Gilroy about why he thinks local TV news is bad for us and how today's lack of job security hurts young people.
Revisiting the Greatest LSD-Aided Athletic Performance of All Time
This is the story of Dock Ellis, a pitcher who fought the baseball establishment, partied harder than anyone else in the sport, and supposedly threw a no-hitter while tripping on acid.
Your Password Is Not Secure, and It's Not Your Fault
I consulted internet security expert Nik Cubrilovic and XKCD's Randall Munroe about how they would fix the problems in the world of passwords. Their ideas are simple, compelling, and almost impossible to implement.
This Porn Site Operator Issued a Bounty for Helping Catch the 'Fappening' Leaker
We caught up with Mike Kulich of SkweezMe.com, to find out what burns him up so much about leaked celebrity nudes, and to learn how to collect this reward. Turns out he's got a thing for consent.
This Lady Signed a Lease and then Learned She Was Stuck Living in a Murder House
A woman in suburban St. Louis recently got fucked over by her landlady. Shortly after moving in, she found out about all the torture and murder that happened in her basement. The story got even worse when Missouri's tenant laws came into play.
We'll Always Have School Shootings Because We Really Really Love Guns
The NRA may be a bloated, possibly corrupt, excessively powerful lobbying force, but it's also the mouthpiece of a fandom more widespread than Bronies, Trekkies, and Furries combined and multiplied by a hundred.
People Are Now Crowdfunding Their Funerals Online
It would cost about $10,000 to bury your dead ass right now. I’m talking to you, 18- to 35-year-olds. Someone reading this will likely drop dead pretty soon, statistically speaking. If you die penniless, your family could and should consider going the...