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Homecoming
Jon Stewart Returns to His Yelling Desk He’s back on The Daily Show for election season.
vulture lists
Apr. 27, 2023
The 50 Best Music Documentaries of All Time From Woodstock to Summer of Soul, these films are as essential to understanding the artists as any of their records are.
By Noel Murray
homecoming
Sept. 28, 2021
Welcome Back, Sandra Lee. I’ve Missed You. She’s living the post-breakup-repatriation fantasy of my dreams.
By Bindu Bansinath
A New Food Crawl Was Designed to Help Queens Mom-and-Pops Launched by an Elmhurst native, Homecoming also fundraises for food insecure New Yorkers.
By Emma Orlow
The Podcaster’s Journey to Hollywood What happens when a show jumps from your earbuds to your TV.
By Nicholas Quah
Everything Bobby Shmurda Has Done So far Post-Prison Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda is heading home after serving six years in prison.
By Zoe Haylock
soundtracked
May 28, 2020
The Secret Weapon of Homecoming ’s New Season? An Original Score. After a first season that borrowed music from Oscar-winning classics, Homecoming composer Emile Mosseri had gigantic shoes to fill.
By Tim Greiving
Homecoming ’s Showrunners on the Art of Building a Conspiracy ThrillerWithout the guidepost of their popular podcast, but with the addition of Janelle Monáe, Homecoming crafts a brand-new mystery.
By Maria Elena Fernandez
Homecoming Season Finale Recap: The Spotless MindA reasonably satisfying finish, with some strong De Palma-style theatrics, exposes season two as a slick thrill machine first and foremost.
By Scott Tobias
Homecoming Recap: Crisis ManagementAlex knows the jig is up with Walter, and so must shift into a desperate, improvised Phase II.
By Scott Tobias
Homecoming Recap: War StoriesWe’re waiting for the moment when everything goes wrong for Alex, and every word that comes out of her mouth is one second closer to detonation.
By Scott Tobias
Homecoming Recap: DoublespeakFrancine Bunda (Joan Cusack) is not merely taking an interest in Geist as a company. She’s running the show.
By Scott Tobias
Homecoming Recap: Human ResourcesActing like a good person is an effective scheme for bad people.
By Scott Tobias
Homecoming Recap: A Puzzle Within a PuzzleFor every piece of Jackie’s (Alex’s?) identity that falls into place, a new question emerges.
By Scott Tobias
What to Remember About Homecoming Season two of the Prime series has a new protagonist and a new type of mystery at its center, but it’s all built upon a foundation laid in season one.
By Brian Tallerico
Hong Chau Doesn’t Need Your Approval “I don’t task myself with changing minds or being understood anymore.”
By E. Alex Jung
Homecoming Season-Premiere Recap: BreadcrumbsWe meet up with this season’s new military guinea pig, Jackie Calico (Janelle Monáe), at the center of the maze.
By Scott Tobias
Homecoming ’s Second Chapter Trades Conspiracy for Psychological ThrillsIt’s not as provocative as season one, but the Janelle Monáe–led continuation of the Amazon thriller is a binge-worthy search for identity.
By Jen Chaney
trailer mix
Apr. 28, 2020
By Jordan Crucchiola
vulture sports
Feb. 28, 2020
By Zoe Haylock
there will be podcasts
Oct. 3, 2019
The 10 Essential Fiction Podcasts That Shaped the Genre How the fiction podcast became a vibrant platform for experimentation.
By Nicholas Quah
last night on late night
May 3, 2019
By Bethy Squires
the industry
Apr. 18, 2019
Netflix Got Beyoncé’s Homecoming by Paying So Much Money How did the Beychella concert doc end up on Netflix? The same way everything else does.
By Jackson McHenry
The Best Moments From Beyoncé’s Homecoming Presented in 17 Perfect GIFs The best non-concert moments, from Blue Ivy singing, rare glimpses of Rumi and Sir, and Jay-Z just generally looking shook.
By Dee Lockett
song review
Apr. 17, 2019
Beyoncé’s ‘Before I Let Go’ Cover in Homecoming Is Just As Timeless As Beychella Homecoming — and its companion live album — is what we talk about when we talk about public figures being “unapologetically black.”
By Craig Jenkins
Beyoncé Opens Up About Her Difficult Pregnancy “My body went through more than I knew it could,” she says in her new Netflix documentary.
By Lisa Ryan
Everything We Learned About Beychella From Beyoncé’s Homecoming “Instead of me pulling out my flower crown, it was more important that I brought our culture to Coachella.”
By Dee Lockett
Beyoncé Releases Coachella Live Album With New Music and Blue Ivy Singing Blue Ivy singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing”! Bey covering “Before I Let Go”! Beychella!
By Dee Lockett
vulture lists
Mar. 6, 2019
By Joshua Rivera
make it hong chau’s season!
Jan. 16, 2019
By Hunter Harris
year in culture 2018
Dec. 21, 2018
In 2018, TV Didn’t Know How to Stop From Barry and Homecoming to The Handmaid’s Tale and American Vandal , it’s the age of the unnecessary second season.
By Kathryn VanArendonk
best of 2018
Dec. 10, 2018
The 10 Best New TV Shows of 2018 A wildly eclectic year of debuts, from Queer Eye to Sharp Objects .
By Jen Chaney
best of 2018
Dec. 3, 2018
Matt Zoller Seitz’s 10 Best TV Shows of 2018 Headlined by a defiant tragicomedy about rap, robbery, and Teddy Perkins.
By Matt Zoller Seitz
behind the scenes
Nov. 14, 2018
By Jackson McHenry
the vulture transcript
Nov. 14, 2018
How Sam Esmail Directed the Hell Out of Homecoming An in-depth conversation, and video commentary track, on the show’s visual style, music, set design, and aesthetic blueprint.
By Matt Zoller Seitz
Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Bringing Heart to Homecoming ’s Cerebral Head Trip The Oscar-nominated actress talks about why playing Walter’s fiercely protective mother was so much more than mastering an accent.
By Angelica Jade Bastién
vulture lists
Nov. 12, 2018
Homecoming : The 8 Biggest Questions About the Season FinaleWhat does Carrasco’s leaf mean? Why does Walter tilt that fork? Who is the real Audrey Temple?
By Kathryn VanArendonk
vulture lists
Nov. 12, 2018
Homecoming : Every Major Pop-Culture Reference and InfluenceAmazon’s Homecoming is proudly in conversation with Hitchcock, De Palma, and ‘70s conspiracy thrillers.
By Angelica Jade Bastién
Homecoming ’s Bobby Cannavale on His ‘Antagonistic’ Chemistry With Julia Roberts“Julia used to joke that she was hearing my voice in the middle of the night yelling at her.”
By Jen Chaney
Homecoming ’s Ending Credit Scene, ExplainedWho is Audrey Temple, and what is her relationship to the mysterious Mr. Geist?
By Jen Chaney
How Homecoming Made the Jump From Podcasting to Prestige TV Creators Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg break down the biggest changes, what the ending means, and what to expect in season two.
By Maria Elena Fernandez
Homecoming Finale Recap: Please, Remember MeAs Heidi seeks closure, she’s forced to come to terms with her role in defining Walter’s past, present, and future.
By Scott Tobias
Homecoming Recap: What Is Experience?In a downshift of a penultimate episode, characters’ interior lives and continued revelations about the past take precedence over resolution.
By Scott Tobias
Homecoming Recap: BreakdownHeidi is broken by the awful truth about Homecoming, in a series-best episode that fuses the tension that’s been building up on both timelines.
By Scott Tobias
Homecoming Recap: Blank SlateIn an episode that reveals the full nature, and endgame, of the Homecoming program, the nature of memory and its absence become the focus.
By Scott Tobias
Homecoming Recap: Friend or Fool?A visit from Walter’s mother to retrieve her son puts Heidi on the defensive — and further complicates her motivations.
By Scott Tobias
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