Culture
The entertainment and cultural moments that define our society.
It’s not cocaine, but it can be just about anything else — except a good idea.
What 3 new books reveal about where the housing movement goes next.
28 years after the murder, a new Netflix docuseries has us questioning what we think we know.
Books to get you through the next four years.
People are finally going back to theaters — with their phones.
What to understand about the infamous ransom note, from Patsy Ramsey to the intruder theory.
Author Eman Abdelhadi on imagining a better world.
The treatment of animals in the real world is far stranger — and crueler — than in Wicked.
From Hot Frosty to The Merry Gentlemen, why are Christmas movies all about mens’ abs?
What you should buy — and absolutely not buy — during this annual consumer ritual.
Updates and analysis on one of the most anticipated movies of the year.
America and Oz have always had a lot in common.
Kitchen do’s and don’ts that may surprise you.
Ridley Scott’s long-awaited sequel has baboons, Colosseum sharks, Paul Mescal’s thighs, and much historical inaccuracy.
A Wizard of Oz know-it-all explains the many, many layers of the new movie musical.
How social media and movies like Don’t Worry Darling changed how regular people view movie promo.
The long, quirky history of Americans gawking at things
An alarming number of those poised to be in the president-elect’s inner circle are accused of sexual misconduct.
The former Sinn Fein president’s IRA denial is an inadvertent gift to the show.
This is what happens when kids don’t read for pleasure anymore.
That’s what makes her so refreshing.
How the Rizzler, Big Justice, and A.J. became the year’s biggest internet stars.
What normies can learn from a concierge gifting service for celebrities.
HBO’s shockingly fun Dune prequel has a secret weapon: gossiping space divas.
Christmas came early this year — and not just for Trump supporters.
How entertainment, from Morgan Wallen to Twisters, predicted the MAGA pivot.
As more users flee X, a clearer, sunnier social media age is dawning.
It turns out influencers make great boxers — and even better TV.
The magazine giving the honor to John Krasinski in 2024 raises some questions.
Public librarians have to be coders, social workers, and book rec machines. They’re irreplaceable.
The investigation into the murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams sums up the messy state of true crime.
“Middlebrow” doesn’t mean bad.
4B, the protest movement that boycotts men, explained.
You can’t understand Trump’s win without understanding what young men are doing online.
Who decides what can and can’t be in food in the US?
Everything you wanted to know about the now-euthanized Instagram-famous pet but were too embarrassed to ask.
In the new Netflix documentary “Martha,” her relentless drive becomes her most endearing characteristic.
In November’s edition of Ask a Book Critic, novels to scratch the surrealist itch, lesbian necromancers in space, and more.
What social media shadow ban rumors tell us about election anxiety.
The latest attempt to find love in the pods was good for Netflix, but bad for everyone else involved.