Now, Merriam Webster has chosen it as its word of the year for 2022. The term refers to a very particular and insidious kind of abuse – the kind where a person is deliberately manipulated into ...

The term “gaslighting” has come to describe someone who uses manipulation and lies to gain psychological control; the terminology has gained popularity over the past few years, but its origin dates ...

Seventy-five years after its premiere in theaters, Alfred Hitchcock’s “Notorious” remains a masterpiece of manipulation. Its rather sordid story of a credulous woman used by the FBI to outwit Nazis ...

Ingrid Goes West could well be called “Ingrid Goes South.” “Ingrid” is a colossal mess and this film is the story of that mess. This is not an artistically top of the line movie. However it is a ...