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Mid-Century Modern is amusing, but has yet to rise above the sitcom formula completely.
A 2002 Index Magazine interview with musician Brian Eno vs. a 2023 Zone One Arts interview with watercolor painter Elizabeth Becker.
The White Lotus remains unbalanced: a show with great writing, great acting, and zero visual coherence or rhythm.
English Teacher is a rare education-based series about the difference between academic progress and comprehensive learning.
A 2025 New York interview with publisher Nick Denton vs. a 2025 Maclean’s interview with historian Timothy Snyder.
Roger Lewis’ Erotic Vagrancy is a brilliant biography of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
Lady Gaga’s March 8 appearance on Saturday Night Live joins the show's pantheon of great musical performances.
A 2008 The Believer interview with philosopher Mary Midgley vs. a 2010 Pop Matters interview with comedian Paul Mooney.
Adolescence is an examination of radicalization, masculinity, violence, and youthful bullying, one which never descends into a pat lecture.
Most comedies run out of steam a few seasons in, but Hacks remains fresh on the strength of its characters.
Dumped in its theatrical release, To Catch a Killer is indebted to 1990s thrillers that had a second life thanks to relentless reruns on TNT and FX.
Three shows worth popping the corn: Silo, Severance and Shrinking.
Manly vignette found in womanly book.
If only today’s corporations gave out seedlings.
They’ll listen to the truth from God, Ezra Klein, or Jon Stewart, not from Musk.
Liberal outrage and conservative sensibilities.
Little known facts about Sesame Street.
New Vivian Jenna Wilson interview with Teen Vogue sheds light on billionaire parenting.
Plus, beard of royal heir contemplated.
The surreal intersection of microplastics shaping the New York contemporary art world.
Raising a couple of awkward questions.
The actor talks about the audition process and more in this interview recorded at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
The actor talks candidly about his alcoholism and his return to the stage with Equus.
The actor talks about The White Lotus and his anxiety over spoiling the finale.
The cinematographer at work behind the scenes of David Lynch's final major work.
Mike White and the cast talk about the end of Season 3.
The late actor talks about Marlon Brando and more in this October 2, 1996 interview.
The writer talks about his extraordinary biography on Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
The filmmaker, actor, and adventurer talks to Anderson Cooper about his work and his life.
The American icon talks about his life, his work, and his film An Enemy of the People.