Aja Romano
Former Senior Culture Writer
Latest articles by Aja Romano
New film adaptations of the two hit musicals from very different eras are 2021’s fascinating cinematic call-and-response.
Characters like Cruella have grown beyond their stories.
The keys to BTS’s success: emotional resonance, sincerity, and an ARMY of fans.
A surprisingly apt post-pandemic horror film, St. Maud reminds us that hell is other people.
Twitter users rarely agree on anything. When they do, it’s an opportunity for community building.
How the concept has evolved to mean very different things to different people.
A fantastically unpredictable show ended on a huge bummer of an anticlimax.
Major milestones from a historically weird Academy Awards.
The original Mortal Kombat is a cheesy, exotified, incoherent action movie mishmash. I love it so much.
Two critics (and YA fantasy fans) discuss Netflix’s messy, dour Shadow and Bone.
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