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The Jake Tapper scandal defines the “new politics.” What year is it (#559)?
Hurry Up Tomorrow is an over-criticized vanity project in the tradition of Glitter.
Secret Mall Apartment and Clown in a Cornfield.
A 2022 The Line of Best Fit interview with musician Britt Daniel vs. a 2025 RogerEbert.com interview with filmmaker Euzhan Palcy.
The Perfect Couple isn’t the worst thing that Nicole Kidman has appeared in, but it distills everything wrong with the current streaming economy.
Slight but sweet, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life could be favorably compared to 1988's Crossing Delancey.
Michael Powell, not a fan of MLB sabermetrics “quants,” catches up with half-remembered Atlanta Braves pitching coach Lee Mazzone, now retired.
Everything Trump says is a projection of himself at the expense of others.
The Four Seasons is too frequently unpleasant to ever feel like escapism.
Bennington ponders President Trump’s movie missive while on break from filming The Continuing Adventures of Cliff Booth.
The second season of Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal is the best television show of 2025.
Living and dying on GoFundMe time.
We’re not settling the solar system anytime soon.
The party is over.
Best concept for a party ever.
When Trump’s dominating, there’s not much to say.
Language used to be stable, lately everything can change on a whim.
What will the masses do when they realize that their leader has forsaken them?
Trade the GOP for the left and you still won’t get trade.
If your problem’s sexual, and it’s also incredibly boring, then I can’t help you.
The Naked and the Dead and the soul.
Dying beast gets one more jab.
The presidential naming power, if any, has extreme limits.
Full album by the relatively obscure soul group.
The late director talks about his neo noir starring Paul Newman, Gene Hackman, Reese Witherspoon, and many others.
The actor talks about his espionage franchise and his long career in the movies.
The director and actor talk about their work on Angel Heart.
The actor talks about his brilliant career in this two hour interview recorded on December 11, 1997.
The director talks about his breakthrough film Trainspotting.
The late David Thomas on the show Transmission.
The filmmaker talks about Trey Parker and Matt Stone's 2004 marionette masterpiece.
The filmmaker and actor talk about their iconic collaboration on the Stephen King adaptation.
A live album of early versions of many of the songs that would end up on 2007's Person Pitch.
The author of Red Carpet talks about the history of Hollywood caving to pressure from China for voluntary censorship and more.