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Never-Nudes, Riot Grrls, Angelina Jolie: The Week's Best Pop-Culture Writing
The most intriguing articles about entertainment we've come across in the past seven days
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The most intriguing articles about entertainment we've come across in the past seven days
Five years of that magical combination of small airports and craft brews.
A24
Among the Cannes Film Festival's highlights thus far have been The Bling Ring and Jeune et jolie, two films about bored adolescents dabbling in criminal activity.
Paramount
As before, the cast is lively, the plot ridiculous, and the action nearly nonstop.
AP / Kathy Willens
Changing the NFL franchise's name won't go over well with diehard fans, nor will it reverse American history. But there's no excuse for continuing to commercialize a racial slur.
NBC
Sure, the show had declined in recent years. But it never lost its mix of subversion and sweetness—a mix that the series finale knowingly, heartbreakingly, hilariously nailed.
IFC Films
Noah Baumbach's film about a kind-hearted but directionless 27-year-old woman has warmth, humor, and witty dialogue—without the obligatory kiss at the end.
"Give that man a knighthood!"
NBC
Its TV-as-catharsis approach to the monotony of office work was groundbreaking, but the show's premise wasn't built to last more than a few seasons.
ABC
Shonda Rhimes's show deals with adultery, temptation, redemption, and the need for a savior—making it a ripe, but potentially perilous, Biblical teaching tool.
David Bowie
"The Next Day" video: another example of why pop culture needs to cut it out with the salacious-priests trope.
AP
Critics have noted that the world's most prestigious film festival will spotlight an outsize number of movies from its host country—as well, of course, as from the U.S.
Crown Archetype
In 1968, in the twilights of both greats' careers, the magazine asked the pair to evaluate each other's achievements—and the resulting story was affectionate, funny, and poignant.
Almi Pictures
François Truffaut's 1977 L'homme Qui Aimait Les Femmes (The Man Who Loved Women) isn't exactly about what its title suggests.
Benjamin Percy, author of Red Moon, makes the case.
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