Twilight

Studio 360’s Eric Molinsky has learned that being a vampire isn’t as easy or attractive as pop culture would have us believe.

A.O. Scott looks at this summer’s new releases that speak to the state of childhood and adolescence and family today.

And Rafer Guzman shares some of the new films that he thinks shed light on modern adolescence and family life.

The town of Forks, Washington is nestled on the edge of Olympic National Park. It’s a quiet place, with about 3,000 residents, but the trickle of tourists has turned into a flood of fans of the ‘Twilight’ series, which is set in Forks.

‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’ hits movie theaters today, and fanatic teenage girls all over the country are making the film a phenomenon before it even opens. New York Times movie critic A.O. Scott explains what all the fuss is about.