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ask an expert
Mar. 14, 2024
Saturn Really Is That Girl Kacey Musgraves, Ariana Grande, and SZA are all singing about the planet in 2024. An astronomer explains why.
superlatives
Mar. 14, 2024
By Dan Hyman
finale thoughts
Mar. 13, 2024
Even Tom Hollander Felt Pressure Holding Court for the Swans “You know they’re all interesting people themselves, but you have all the lines in the scene.”
The Fall Guy Is a Funny, Romantic, Stunt-Filled DelightRyan Gosling and Emily Blunt have terrific chemistry in this action-packed movie adaptation of the hit 1980s TV series.
Who Mastered the 2024 GlamBOT Season? The packed awards circuit meant more time to perfect the art of the GlamBOT.
album review
Mar. 12, 2024
Ariana Grande Is Telling This Story Herself Eternal Sunshine stares directly into the past — and recontextualizes it.
My Momma Told Me You Should Listen to This PodcastLangston Kerman and David Gborie’s approach to conspiracy theories is always measured — and always funny.
Tierra Whack Takes Her Mask Off Known for her clever lyrics and eccentric music videos, the rapper gets surprisingly vulnerable on her debut album.
where’s kate
Mar. 11, 2024
The Royals Are So Bad at This First rule of the internet: Why believe a boring, simple explanation when there’s so much more pleasure in rampant speculation?
job candidates
Mar. 11, 2024
kingdom of dreams
Mar. 11, 2024
The 2024 Oscars Closed the Gates This year’s Academy Awards turned on the charm and turned away from anything uncomfortable, even as protests raged outside.
oscars 2024
Mar. 11, 2024
Why Emma Stone Beat Lily Gladstone for Best Actress The Poor Things star’s second Oscar was the most unexpected development on a night that mostly went chalk.
once upon a time in hollywood
Mar. 11, 2024
‘I Thought Oppenheimer Was Mediocre’ What I saw, overheard, and swallowed behind the scenes at the 2024 Oscars.
highs and lows
Mar. 10, 2024
The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2024 Oscars Is this a show for everyone or just the diehards? Is Hollywood back and better than ever, or has it lost its sense of identity?
oscars 2024
Mar. 10, 2024
How Oppenheimer Won Best Picture For years, you had to be a lovable underdog to win Best Picture. But Oppenheimer cruised through as the front-runner all season — here’s how.
oscars 2024
Mar. 10, 2024
The 2024 Oscar Winners How did your horse do in the race?
live from the red carpet
Mar. 10, 2024
vulture lists
Mar. 10, 2024
The Best Paul Giamatti Movies, Ranked Often typecast as a (lovable) curmudgeon, the Oscar nominee has a surprising range.
my academy awards
Mar. 9, 2024
All 53 of This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Movies and Shorts, Ranked The feature-length and short films that were nominated in 2024 are, in the aggregate, the most impressive (to me) in years.
How Do You Joke About The Zone of Interest ? When Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel steps out for his monologue on Sunday, I’ll only be thinking about one thing.
the truth is out there
Mar. 9, 2024
performance review
Mar. 8, 2024
The Thoroughly Goofy, Undeniably Seductive, All-in-One Charm of Shah Rukh Khan He is the most versatile of today’s Bollywood action heroes, but nothing captures the complexity of his stardom like Om Shanti Om .
Your Assignment This Weekend: Watch Extraordinary Emma Moran’s clever comedy about a girl with no superpowers in a world full of them is the British cousin of The Good Place .
Why Aren’t There More Game Shows on Streaming? It’s the $64,000 question, but the answer might soon change.
let’s go party
Mar. 8, 2024
Life in the Dreamhouse Is a Prologue to the Barbie PlaybookA decade before Greta Gerwig escorted her to the Oscars, an animated web series gently parodied the doll it was supposed to be marketing.
the industry
Mar. 8, 2024
Byzantium Regained The Met’s exhibition of art from the African territories of the Byzantine Empire was a triumph.
A Party, a Spanking, a Radio Play The past came looking for Killers of the Flower Moon in its three most ambitious scenes.
Banish Me, Daddy Alan Cumming is reshaping the idea of a reality TV host with his unbending performance as the mad king of Traitors .
album review
Mar. 7, 2024
Schoolboy Q Is Following in the Footsteps of Giants On Blue Lips , he rummages through decades of Black American history.
‘I’m Not Going to Sell a $60 Candle’ Neon changed the Oscars game with Parasite . Four years later, A24’s rival is still betting on international film.
love is blind club
Mar. 6, 2024
Clay’s Parents Are Love Is Blind at Its Best The season six finale gives us something much rarer than shock or emotion: legitimate insight.
The Empty Impact of Dune: Part Two ’s Villain Turn The sci-fi sequel’s condemnation of colonialism rings false when it won’t acknowledge its own Middle Eastern and Muslim influences.
What’s Real and What’s Not in Dune: Part Two ’s Biggest Action Scenes Cinematographer Greig Fraser breaks down the “magic tricks” that made sandworm riding, bazooka attacks, and gladiator fights look convincing.
respect the classics
Mar. 5, 2024
Why Did Pundits Underestimate Cillian Murphy? For much of the 2024 Oscars race, pundits have been skeptical of Cillian Murphy’s chances of taking home Best Actor. Why?
The Most Essential Richard Lewis Episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm A salute to “the most pretentious man in the world” and Larry David’s kindred bastard.
Movie Worms, Ranked What even is a worm?
this is not the bachelor
Mar. 1, 2024
Mannequin Pussy Built Something Extraordinary The screams, solitude, and Valley-girl accent powering the band’s new album.
By Quinn Moreland
Elsbeth Knows What to DoThe Kings’ Good Wife and Good Fight spinoff sets Carrie Preston’s character loose on NYC to remind us that procedural drama can still be fizzy fun.
remembrance
Feb. 29, 2024
The Master of Oversharing No one channeled their anxiety and neuroses into comedy brilliance quite like Richard Lewis.
If Only Someone Had Overthrown The Regime HBO’s latest limited series is desperate to say things about fascism but can only get as far as noticing them.
movie review
Feb. 29, 2024
love is blind club
Feb. 29, 2024
Is This What Heterosexuality Is? Unpacking the subtext of Chelsea and Jimmy’s wine-bars-and-breweries clash.
augustus whoops
Feb. 28, 2024
Glasgow’s Sad Oompa Loompa Isn’t Gonna Sugarcoat This “I don’t know how else you can put sprinkles on shit, but we were trying to be the sprinkles on shit.”
By David Mack
Presenting the First Annual ‘Bunch of Boys’ Awards Honoring excellence in the competitive field of being a Biopic Wife.
in conversation
Feb. 28, 2024
Made for Jessica Lange Her haunting role in Mother Play , like so much of her work, is one only she could perform.
Shōgun Teaches You How to WatchThe Japanese saga of court intrigue luxuriates in the language of taking and holding power.
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