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From Colson Whitehead to Saul Bellow.
The final season of Prime Video’s comic book adaptation is a case study in satire becoming prophetic.
A 2012 Los Angeles Review of Books interview with author Gore Vidal vs. a 1984 American Theatre interview with playwright Lorraine Hansberry.
The media’s full of saccharine press releases.
Sam Levinson explodes Euphoria and delivers something resembling True Detective season 2.
Unlike most colonial houses, the Bowne House looks the same as it did in 1661.
Tommy Lee Jones brings The Fugitive alive with his familiar authority and muted swagger.
Never second guess the power of stupidity.
Lefty Noah Schultz offers a glimmer.
By the glowing hands of Trump!
An Orwellian government controls the people of Brazil in this 2025 film.
We’re never more than an election away from another crazy celebrity ruler.
Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is effective, powerful, and important.
Conservatives need not apply.
A book taught me about free improvisation, summer music festivals, and complicated charts.
Salvation, leather-bound and marked up.
Invented religion, a science-fictional doomsday device, cold war paranoia, empathic humanism, and coal-black despair.
The rise of amateur tastemakers and the fall of professional standards.
An interview with author Bruce Goldfarb.
The legendary musician talks to Philip Sherburne about his process, his influences, and his numerous collaborations over the years.
The first hour after news of Cobain's death broke, featuring Kurt Loder, Michael Azerrad, David Fricke, and John Norris.
Fincher talks about his 2007 crime epic with Bong Joon-ho at the Academy Museum.
The Vancouver music legend talks to the former frontman of Talking Heads.
The actor talks about working on The Hateful Eight, Marnie, and Family Plot.
"We can't be controlled by monolithic thought."
From a performance in Dallas on October 19, 1969.
The actor talks to Josh Horowitz about Project Hail Mary and his upcoming Star Wars film.
The legendary Irish rock band play a cancer benefit at the Royal Albert Hall just last month.
The artist performs a three hour concert on the second night of his BULLY tour.
Making of featurette behind the scenes of Roger Kumble's 2002 comedy starring Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, and Selma Blair.