Ellin Stein

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in The Social Reckoning

How accurate is this modern take on Citizen Kane?

Oct 09 26October 09, 2026

Article at Slate Magazine

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Tony

Tony is delicious—but is it true?

Aug 21 26August 21, 2026

Article at Slate Magazine

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in The Wizard of the Kremlin

The story of Trump’s favorite despot has even more layers than you might think.

May 15 26May 15, 2026

Article at Slate Magazine

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in the Michael Jackson Biopic

This film is going to be huge. But is it true?

Apr 24 26April 24, 2026

Article at Slate Magazine

One of America’s Most Iconic Early Religious Cults Is Brought to Life in a Beautiful New Movie. But Did They Really Dance … Like That?

‘Tis a gift to be simple …

Dec 26 25December 26, 2025

Article at Slate Magazine

In His Sweaty New Movie, Timothée Chalamet Portrays a Unique Kind of Athlete. Did He Get It Right?

One Marty Reisman would like a word …

Dec 25 25December 25, 2025

Article at Slate Magazine

The Psychiatrist Who Studied Nazi Officials After the War Found Something Shocking. It Didn’t Earn Him Any Fans.

Understanding the minds of monsters is no easy task.

Nov 12 25November 12, 2025

Article at Slate Magazine

There’s One President in American History Who Absolutely Did Not Want the Job. A New Show Reveals Why He Was Right to Be Worried.

It was not a good day for Garfield.

Nov 06 25November 06, 2025

Article at Slate Magazine

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

The road to Nebraska has a few twists and turns.

Oct 28 25October 28, 2025

Article at Slate Magazine

The Greatest Divorce in Broadway History Is the Subject of a New Movie. But Was It Really That Brutal?

Meet the saddest man at Sardi’s.

Oct 17 25October 17, 2025

Article at Slate Magazine

The Most Brutal Movie of the Fall Has Headbutting, Bloody Hands, and Painkillers Galore. Is Any of It True?

The film covers a sport so violent John McCain once called it “human cockfighting.”

Oct 03 25October 03, 2025

Article at Slate Magazine

A New Show Argues That a Man Behind One of the Butchest Brands in Beer Was Gay. But Did His Affairs Really Almost Ruin the Company?

Here’s the true story of the people behind that iconic pint.

Sep 25 25September 25, 2025

Article at Slate Magazine

Her Name Became an Early True-Crime Sensation. A New Show Is Finally Telling Her Side of the Story. But Is It for Real?

A brutal killing and punishing 53-hour interrogation are just the start.

Aug 21 25August 21, 2025

Article at Slate Magazine

A Wild New Show Is Like Pride and Prejudice During the Great Depression … but With Hitler Coming to the Wedding.

In the 1920s and ’30s, a notorious set of siblings held England in thrall. But did one of them really announce her Nazism in the newspaper?

Jun 18 25June 18, 2025

Article at Slate Magazine

A Sexy New Show Combines Spies, Orgies, and Haute Cuisine. Is It All for Real?

Carême was a brilliant chef—but did his food really inspire an orgy in front of Napoleon’s wife?

May 01 25May 01, 2025

Article at Slate Magazine

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Happy Face

Paramount+ has taken quite a few liberties with the real-life story of a woman coming to terms with her serial-killer father.

Mar 20 25March 20, 2025

Article at Slate Magazine

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Apple Cider Vinegar

When Belle Gibson’s brain tumor turned out to be fake, it rocked the wellness world. But how closely does the Netflix series stick to the truth?

Feb 07 25February 07, 2025

Article at Slate Magazine

Netflix’s New Movie Presents Maria Callas as a Faded Eccentric Addicted to Pills. The Real Story Is Even Stranger.

The final weeks of Callas’ death were shrouded in mystery and scandal. Here’s where the new biopic sheds some light, and where it indulges in shadow.

Dec 13 24December 13, 2024

Article at Slate Magazine

Netflix’s New Movie Takes On a Suddenly Controversial Reproductive Treatment. Does It Get It Right?

The research team that sought to cure infertility included one remarkable woman. Here's what's fact and what's fiction in her story.

Nov 27 24November 27, 2024

Article at Slate Magazine

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Woman of the Hour

Before there was Love Island, there was the Dating Game, a game show where—in the original incarnation that ran from 1965 to 1973—a wholesomely attractive “bachelorette” would choose her favorite from three unseen (by her) polyester-suited bachelors…

Oct 20 24October 20, 2024

Article at Slate Magazine

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