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Hulton Archive / Getty An Epic Novel Haunted by the Ghosts of Colonialism
In Maisy Card’s vivid debut, These Ghosts Are Family, spirits expose long-held secrets within fractured families and nations alike.
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Ike Edeani / The New York Times / ... Lena Waithe and When Black Artists Make Mediocre Art
The writer’s new series, Twenties, makes fun of entertainment that is diverse but middling—a criticism her own work has faced.
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Netflix Love Is Blind Was the Ultimate Reality-TV Paradox
Netflix’s viral dating series didn’t need a flimsy moral imperative to attract audiences. But it tried to have one anyway.
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Michael Kovac / Getty Diane Keaton’s Very Different Kind of Memoir
For her new book, Brother & Sister, the Oscar-winning actor pored over hundreds of journals, letters, and scrapbooks to tell a difficult family story.
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Kevin Estrada / Netflix Gentefied: The Netflix Show That Makes Gentrification Personal
A grounded story about urban displacement zooms in on the lives of one fictional Los Angeles family and those in their orbit.
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Bettina Strauss/Netflix P.S. I Still Love You and What Comes After the Happy Ending
Netflix’s sequel to its viral hit To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before doesn’t have the magic of the original film. But that’s part of the point.
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Universal The Art of Shooting a Modern Black Romance
In The Photograph, starring Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield, the director Stella Meghie embraces darker lighting and story lines alike.
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Matt Petit / A.M.P.A.S. / Handout via Reuters Parasite Won So Much More Than the Best Picture Oscar
Bong Joon Ho’s drama became the first South Korean film to nab the top prize. But its success as a global phenomenon was cemented long before last night.
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Mark J. Rebilas / USA Today Sports The NFL’s Most Valued Cause Is Itself
A social-justice-focused ad that aired during last night’s Super Bowl affirmed a disturbing and all too familiar truth about the league.
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Netflix The Endings That Princess Carolyn and Diane Nguyen Deserved
BoJack Horseman started out as a portrait of a tortured antihero and ended with a close look at the women who made the show so special.
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Colleen Hayes / NBC The Most Optimistic Show on TV Is Over
The Good Place, NBC’s sitcom about the afterlife, ended with a heartening meditation on the meaning of a finite existence.
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CBS Photo Archive / Getty The Doomed Project of American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins’s controversial new novel reveals the limits of fiction that wants readers to empathize.
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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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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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