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A 1923 Paramount Pictures magazine advertisement for the Rivoli Theatre in New York's Times Square, the venue where Willis Carrier debuted his air conditioning system in 1925.

Why Movie Theaters Are Still So Cold, 100 Years Later

A 1925 Times Square theater bet everything on an untested cooling system and accidentally invented the summer blockbuster. The habit it started never really stopped.

Culture  · 24 Aug 2026, 09:30  · Maya Calder
The historic Castro Theatre marquee and facade in San Francisco, a classic single-screen movie palace.

Why Only 10% of Movie Remakes Beat the Original

Rotten Tomatoes crunched the numbers on 400-plus remakes and reboots, and the verdict is almost uniform: the original usually wins.

Culture  · 10 Aug 2026, 09:29  · Maya Calder
A movie theater marquee sign, illustrative of the ticket pricing changes discussed in the article.

Why Movie Ticket Prices Started Changing by Showtime

AMC spent a century of flat movie pricing and then broke it, charging more for in-demand films and, briefly, for better seats. Here's how the industry's experiment actually went.

Culture  · 11 Jul 2026, 11:13  · Maya Calder
Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El in DC Studios' Supergirl. Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures.

Supergirl Opens to a $50M Test as Toy Story 5 Holds the Box Office

DC's reboot lands Friday with a respectable number that still may not win the weekend. The math around it tells the more interesting story.

Culture  · 25 Jun 2026, 09:32  · Maya Calder
A scene from Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 5.

Toy Story 5 Pushes Hollywood Toward a $4 Billion Summer

Pixar's fifth outing set a franchise record and the year's biggest debut, but the rebound it is fueling rests almost entirely on familiar IP.

Culture  · 22 Jun 2026, 13:20  · Maya Calder
A scene from Disney and Pixar's “Toy Story 5,” with Jessie, Buzz Lightyear and Woody (film still).

Toy Story 5 Opens to a Franchise-Record $160 Million

Woody and Buzz haven't lost a step: the fifth “Toy Story” posted the year's biggest opening and the largest start in the franchise's history.

Culture  · 21 Jun 2026, 18:28  · Maya Calder