In the real world, we all move through time together. Things happen in a linear order. In the movies, they don't have to. Take the recent horror blockbuster "Weapons." (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "WEAPONS") ...

The title of 1950’s Rashomon is invoked whenever a filmmaker depicts the same event from multiple, often contradictory points of view. But despite having contributed a term to the cinematic lexicon, ...

When did truth become unreliable? At what point did an event unfolding in reality become just another opinion? When did we stop agreeing about what just happened? You could say it was the moment that ...

Whether you know "Rashomon" from the classic 1950 film by Akira Kurosawa, a classic joke from "The Simpsons,*" or the slightly less-classic "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" episode "Who Got Dee ...

In the real world, events happen in a linear order - but in the movies, they don't have to. A look at the Rashomon effect, and how films handle complicating the narrative. In the real world, we all ...