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Archives for November 2023

Culture
What Matt Rife’s baffling Netflix special tells us about comedyWhat Matt Rife’s baffling Netflix special tells us about comedy
Culture

Matt Rife’s one comedy rule: Be funny. The problem: He isn’t.

By Aja Romano
Culture
The Crown increasingly becomes a fantastical apologetic for the royal familyThe Crown increasingly becomes a fantastical apologetic for the royal family
Culture

The Netflix hit faced backlash for being too fictional. Season 6 doubles down.

By Aja Romano
Culture
Explaining “Twin Flames,” the subject of Netflix’s disturbing new documentaryExplaining “Twin Flames,” the subject of Netflix’s disturbing new documentary
Culture

Escaping Twin Flames shows how a self-styled guru turned soul mates into a dangerous form of coercive control.

By Aja Romano
Culture
What the Hasan Minhaj controversy says about the trouble with storytellingWhat the Hasan Minhaj controversy says about the trouble with storytelling
Culture

The New Yorker tried to pin the comedian down with facts. It didn’t work.

By Aja Romano
Culture
The long, long Hollywood strikes have endedThe long, long Hollywood strikes have ended
Culture

SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
Hollywood is missing the big picture on the opioid crisisHollywood is missing the big picture on the opioid crisis
Culture

From Pain Hustlers to Dopesick to The Fall of the House of Usher, filmmakers are fascinated by the epidemic. But what are they saying?

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
The Curse is a fully bizarre and brilliant maze of a showThe Curse is a fully bizarre and brilliant maze of a show
Culture

What to know about the new collaboration between Nathan Fielder, Benny Safdie, and Emma Stone.

By Alissa Wilkinson