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Buddy is symptomatic of a growing societal contempt for children.
A 2026 GQ interview with actor Tom Cruise vs. a 1999 Index interview with fashion designer Susan Cianciolo.
Teenage Wasteland doesn’t wax poetic about the importance of education, but it does show the advantage of allowing ambition to flourish.
Reflections of a write-in candidate.
Oh, that Jon Ossoff!
Many say never look back, only look forward. I’ve never heeded that advice.
Heart of the Beast is a forgettable thriller.
Grouper plays the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, DC.
The dour chronicles of Andrey Zvyagintsev from The Return to Minotaur.
A lecture from Meghan Cox Gurdon. What year is it (#649)?
Not my cousin. He’s been lying to you. He’s in trouble now.
I made it into the novel The Adventures of Cliff Booth. But the movie?
“Everything has to change, Pamela.”
In his new memoir, the Black Flag frontman writes about the school that shaped him.
The genre has room enough for range these days.
How to secure AI.
Searching for the missing ingredient in restaurant food.
Why the laughs dried up in movie theaters.
Better to be poisoned than married.
The new conservative sex champions bring to mind one of the last ones: Hugh Hefner.
Caftan chaos and bourbon.
Zohran Mamdani triggers a near-identical brand of apoplectic foam-frothing among his conservative critics.
A feature length archival tape collage documentary about The Smashing Pumpkins by Nicky Otis Smith.
The late film producer talks about The Kid Stays in the Picture and more in this July 24, 2002 interview.
The full unedited tape from the intimate July 3, 1975 performance where Dylan debuted "Abandoned Love."
Don Goodman's 1966 UCLA student film.
The late filmmaker talks about the arduous production of his 1978 masterpiece in this April 16, 2007 interview.
The singer-songwriter performs "Save Me" on The Tonight Show in this early 2000 performance.
The living legend talks about peers of The Beatles and more in this rare interview.
The band play "Go with the Flow" on this May 22, 2003 performance.
The singer-songwriter and Sleater-Kinney guitarist talk about some of their favorite records at KROQ headquarters.
The Elizabeth Holmes documentary, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, is in theaters October 16.
Author of Recording The Beatles talks vintage synthesizers, mixing desks, and the equipment that The Beatles used throughout their career.