From indie gems to (maybe) the greatest movie of all time.
It’s a little like The Sims on a boat, except your Sims are animals who’ve recently died.
Depression is exhausting. Thanks to reruns of the Canadian teen drama, I know I can make it through.
Borgen is like an Aaron Sorkin show that acknowledges the problems with centrism.
Vox’s book critic recommends books to fit your very specific mood.
How Tenet, Mulan, and I’m Thinking of Ending Things perform has broad implications for the future.
Only Colbert can work through a “Your internet connection is unstable” warning popping up during a Zoom interview.
The new film Howard tells the story of how Little Mermaid lyricist Howard Ashman brought new life to Disney animation.
Junji Ito’s horror has been thoroughly memed — but his new anthology, Venus in the Blind Spot, is still terrifying.
Punisher, Bridgers’s sophomore release, sounds like driving up the coast when the world is on fire.
Steven Soderbergh’s unusual sports drama is a story of Black athlete empowerment.
The great ones have returned to save the world.
And this weekend’s best new releases.
The Lying Life of Adults is Elena Ferrante’s first novel since her doxxing. It’s terrific.
“Bro! Tell me we still know how to talk about kings!”
Tanner ’88 perfectly satirized the faux authenticity that candidates adopt to get elected.
Leo Tolstoy’s epic might be the best book ever written, and — hot take here — you should read it.
Boys State is just the latest movie to paint a picture of a changing system in a televised America.
Watch the show, now on HBO Max, for its snarky jokes. Stay for its overtly queer romance.
I hear you saying, “Oh, great! Just what I need.” But trust me!
The British import brings searing emotion and dry wit to a story about sexual assault.
Two new films — She Dies Tomorrow and Strasbourg 1518 — cut through our fantasies about life and loneliness.
The two musicians tell the same stories of America for different generations.
Michelle Obama is great at making you feel like she’s your friend. That’s why her podcast is so good.
In Or What You Will, fantasy grand dame Jo Walton goes meta and frothy.
It’s a good weekend to get a little creeped out.
Inception’s cultural impact overshadows it — but a decade later, Christopher Nolan’s dream heist fantasy still earns its rep.
From freestyle rap to a Southern gothic novelist.
The Song of Achilles is like if The Old Guard was just about Joe and Nicky.
A cosmopolitan Mexico City socialite navigates the provincial horrors of an English manor in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s new novel.
Watching the Titanic sink in real time is the only thing to soothe my frazzled nerves.
7 terrific new films, featuring a wide array of stars — from Tom Hanks and Charlize Theron to Andy Samberg and Walter Mercado.
July Fourth usually signals the biggest movie weekend of the summer. Luckily, there’s still plenty to watch.
What if Hillary had never married Bill? Vox Book Club is about to find out.
It’s been a tough year. But the movies have been great.
How the director of Wedding Crashers made a fantastic Netflix movie about the world’s weirdest song competition.
The South Korean thriller is like if John Wick was in the Hunger Games.
And the rest of the week’s best writing on books and related subjects.
The cult hit documentary for the cult hit musical is finally on a cult hit streaming platform.