Hannah Giorgis
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AppleTV+ Finally, Apple Has Made a Great TV Show With Little America
The new anthology series is a refreshing break from the lackluster programming the streaming service has offered thus far.
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Pop TV Schitt’s Creek Has Been Building to This Point About Love
On the feel-good sitcom, now in its final season, romances signal a more surprising attachment: to home.
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For subscribers: Good light television is hard to find
This is The Atlantic’s weekly email to subscribers—a close look at the issues our writers are watching, just for you.
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AP Photo / Mark Lennihan Stephen King’s Comments About the Oscars Explain the Oscars
The author, who is an Academy Award voter, inadvertently captured why Hollywood’s biggest ceremony faces a diversity problem year after year.
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Beth Dubber/Netflix How to Make a Self-Aware Show About a Serial Killer
In Season 2, Netflix’s dark melodrama You doubles down on its critique of its loathsome protagonist—and introduces some smart women who get in his way.
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NEON Clemency Explores the Toll of Making a Living From Death
A new film follows a prison warden who struggles with the harrowing weight of overseeing executions.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Diving Into Pop Music’s Hidden Depths
A new book, from the hosts of the Switched on Pop podcast, approaches the genre with laserlike focus and palpable enthusiasm.
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Naomi Elliott The 14 Best Music Moments of 2019
The year’s most memorable songs, by Beyoncé, James Blake, Hot Chip, and more
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Hilary B. Gayle / SHOWTIME The New L Word Is Expanding the Queer Aesthetic Canon
On the stylish reboot, scrappy Millennial characters represent a broader swath of queer life—and help rectify the original show’s missteps.
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Lilies Films How Portrait of a Lady on Fire Subverts the Artist-Muse Relationship
The French film, about a painter who falls for the woman she’s commissioned to depict, upends a familiar dynamic.
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Naomi Elliott The 18 Best Albums of 2019
Our staffers pick the most resonant and exciting music of the year.
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Hilary Bronwyn Gayle / Showtime Why The L Word Is More Relevant Today Than Ever
Jennifer Beals, who reprises her role and serves as an executive producer on Generation Q, talks about the landmark original series and why the show’s reboot is necessary.
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Claire Folger / MRC II Distribution The Unlikely Hero of Rian Johnson’s Knives Out
No, it’s not Daniel Craig’s new accent.
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Apple One Way to Be a Muslim Girl in America
The new Apple+ coming-of-age film Hala is best when viewed on its own terms, rather than as a reflection of an entire community.
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Andre D. Wagner / Universal Pictures The Best Part of Queen & Slim Is the Soundtrack
The record, which features new songs from Blood Orange, Megan Thee Stallion, and Lauryn Hill, captures the journey of the film’s protagonists while avoiding some of the story’s clichés.
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Netflix The Haunting Senegalese Love Story That Stunned Cannes
The Grand Prix–winning Atlantics, set to stream on Netflix later this month, deftly melds fantasy and romance in a complex portrait of migration.
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Krista Schlueter / The New York Times / ... The Musician Who Wants to Be the ‘King of R&B’
The Atlanta singer Jacquees continues staking a bold claim with his ’90s-influenced second album.
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Netflix / Everett Collection Unraveling the Oscars’ Foreign-Language-Film Debate
The newly rebranded Best International Film award calls attention to how unfair the Academy’s rules are for filmmakers outside the U.S. and Europe.
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Robyn Beck / Getty John Witherspoon, Black Hollywood’s Wisecracking ‘Pops’
The late actor, who died at the age of 77, was best known for his singular ability to convey fatherly frustration with comedic flair.
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Netflix BoJack Horseman and Women Who Try to ‘Have It All’
In its final season, the Netflix series inventively captures the fatigue—and guilt—that many working mothers experience.
