Just as our visual system strains to see the vase and the two faces at once, we struggle to conceive of a motion that has a dual motivation: to put and to fetch. A paper by Van de Cruys, Wagemans and ...

Magic is about telling an audience just enough — but not too much. Of leaving them feeling a little surprised — but never cheated. And of doing all of it without being obvious. So are the movies.

Magic became my life. Let me assert right here that magic may be the greatest hobby for a kid. It's all consuming. Get your problem child interested in it. The first time your kid masters a trick and ...

Is master illusionist (and sometimes actor) Ricky Jay putting one over on us and filmmakers Molly Bernstein and Alan Edelstein? This documentary is so entertaining that really doesn’t matter. The ...

American Master Ricky Jay was introduced to the art of magic and sleight-of-hand by his grandfather, an amateur magician whose master magician friends became Jay’s mentors. “I’ve been really, really, ...

Regard the hands of Ricky Jay. Watch them making cards do things cards never have done before, things cards didn’t even know they could do. And for this master of manipulation, cards are just the ...

In this Screen Tests interview, Ben Stiller (Brad’s Status, The Meyerowitz Stories) tells the “cringy” story about his first audition (when he repeatedly mispronounced ‘bris’), his crush on Brooke ...

Presto! A magic library has opened south of Herald Square, featuring books on all areas of conjuring history. An elevator ride from the bustling street leads to the Conjuring Arts Research Center, the ...