# Film ### [Here’s What ‘The Paper’ Creators Greg Daniels and Michael Koman Think About Toledo, Ohio](/content/heres-what-the-paper-creators-greg-daniels-and-michael-koman-think-about-toledo-ohio/ "Here’s What ‘The Paper’ Creators Greg Daniels and Michael Koman Think About Toledo, Ohio"/index.html) [Desiree Luo](/content/author/desiree-luo/index.html)-October 29, 2025 Toledo, Ohio, has become the new Scranton, Pennsylvania, since “The Paper’s” early September release. “The Office” spinoff follows the same mockumentary crew that has now... ### [‘The Paper’ Is Set in Toledo, Ohio. Here’s What Toledoans Think.](/content/the-paper-is-set-in-toledo-ohio-heres-what-toledoans-think/ "‘The Paper’ Is Set in Toledo, Ohio. Here’s What Toledoans Think."/index.html) [Desiree Luo](/content/author/desiree-luo/index.html)-September 3, 2025 In the first promo image released for “The Office” spinoff “The Paper,” actor Domhnall Gleeson stands on a desk while speaking to an office... ### [The Time Hollywood Dropped a Bomb on Kansas](/content/the-time-hollywood-dropped-a-bomb-on-kansas/ "The Time Hollywood Dropped a Bomb on Kansas"/index.html) [Clara Baisinger-Rosen](/content/author/clara-baisinger-rosen/index.html)-January 24, 2025 1983. The Cold War rages on. INF talks, seeking to reduce deployment of longer range missiles, fail. START negotiations, another attempt at de-escalation, also... ### [“The Bear” and the Beef: Behind the Scenes of Chicago’s Show-Worthy Sandwich](/content/the-bear-and-the-beef-behind-the-scenes-of-chicagos-show-worthy-sandwich/ "“The Bear” and the Beef: Behind the Scenes of Chicago’s Show-Worthy Sandwich"/index.html) [Annie Wang](/content/author/annie-wang/index.html)-November 29, 2024 Since releasing its first episode in 2022, FX’s “The Bear” has been lauded as a comedy-drama, winning 10 out of the 13 Primetime Emmy... ### [The “Oz” Tourism Industry Brings Travelers to Rural Kansas](/content/the-oz-tourism-industry-brings-travelers-to-rural-kansas/ "The “Oz” Tourism Industry Brings Travelers to Rural Kansas"/index.html) [Alyssa Jacoby](/content/author/alyssa-jacoby/index.html)-November 23, 2024 In “The Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy Gale’s adventure across yellow brick roads, poppy fields and emerald cities is a beloved, technicolor dream. But where... ### [From Fury Road to Green Havens: What Mad Max Teaches Us About Climate Change](/content/from-fury-road-to-green-havens-what-mad-max-teaches-us-about-climate-change/ "From Fury Road to Green Havens: What Mad Max Teaches Us About Climate Change"/index.html) [Jason Mecchi](/content/author/jason-mecchi/index.html)-September 21, 2024 About two-thirds of the way into 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Furiosa (Charlize Theron) falls to her knees and lets out a cathartic scream... ### [Cleveland’s History in the Film Industry Gives Promise for its Future](/content/clevelands-history-in-the-film-industry-gives-promise-for-its-future/ "Cleveland’s History in the Film Industry Gives Promise for its Future"/index.html) [Zoe Neely](/content/author/zoe-neely/index.html)-November 21, 2022 Cleveland’s place in the film industry dates back to the 19th century. Just two years after the Lumière brothers screened their short films in... ### [How Cleveland Became the Butt of the Joke](/content/how-cleveland-became-the-butt-of-the-joke/ "How Cleveland Became the Butt of the Joke"/index.html) [Zoe Neely](/content/author/zoe-neely/index.html)-October 14, 2022 In the 2015 movie “Trainwreck,” sports doctor Aaron Conners, played by Bill Hader, has a good-natured chat with NBA player LeBron James, played by, well…himself. ### [In the Movie Musical Renaissance, Does “The Music Man” Deserve a Second Chance?](/content/in-the-movie-musical-renaissance-does-the-music-man-deserve-a-second-chance/ "In the Movie Musical Renaissance, Does “The Music Man” Deserve a Second Chance?"/index.html) [Dakota Sheedlo](/content/author/ella-sheedlo/index.html)-October 7, 2022 Everyone loves a movie musical. In the last few years, it seems, to me, there’s been somewhat of a surge of movie musical adaptations. Critics praised “West Side Story” (2021) just as much as they reviled “Dear Evan Hansen” (2021). Even the Academy Award Winner for Best Picture this year, “CODA,” has at least two singing scenes integral to the movie. ### [“Stranger Things”: Horror in Midwestern Suburbia](/content/stranger-things-horror-in-midwestern-suburbia/ "“Stranger Things”: Horror in Midwestern Suburbia"/index.html) [Logan Klutse](/content/author/logan-klutse/index.html)-July 11, 2022 It’s a familiar tale. There’s an otherwise uneventful, untroubled suburb enjoying a slice of quiet American life — until a malevolent supernatural force arrives, upsetting the community’s otherwise sturdy and well-constructed sense of comfort and security. The story’s horror (and cinematic pull factor) usually lies in the gory spectacle that follows, but also in its sense of reversal and unlikeliness — if those events could befall a seemingly “normal,” sleepy town, perhaps they could befall yours, too.