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Gale M. Adler / NBC / Getty / … The Classic ’90s Sitcom That’s Actually Worth Rewatching
Frasier is a time capsule of its era—and yet, has aged remarkably well.
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Netflix The Power of the Dog Has a Queer Problem
Western films have long complicated the ideals of stoic masculinity. So what’s still so surprising about a queer cowboy?
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Niko Tavernise / Netflix / Charlie Le Maignan … Why Are People So Mad About Don’t Look Up?
Climate change is a tough subject for any film, let alone a satire.
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Matilda Finn Welcome to Purgatory. The Weeknd Will Be Your DJ.
His new album makes the road to the afterlife sound like the ’80s, in the best way possible.
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Netflix / Charlie Le Maignan / The Atlantic The ‘Meta-emptiness’ of Emily in Paris
Can the joyfully escapist Netflix show also argue for the importance of escapism?
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Why Star Wars Keeps Telling the Same Stories
The Book of Boba Fett turns one of the most mysterious characters in the galaxy into a classic savior figure, to watchable but uninspiring effect.
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Carole Bethuel / Netflix Emily in Paris Is the Last Guilty Pleasure
The Netflix show, now in its second season, is an argument for the joys of tackiness.
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Sony / Marvel / Charlie Le Maignan / … How Far Can Marvel Keep Pushing Its Own Success?
“There are moments that had me tearing up, and yet, I understand if people want to say this is the end of cinema.”
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Jon Kopaloff / Getty; Johnny Nunez / WireImage … How Everything Became Emo
This year, a new wave of music argued that emo is less a genre than the sound of change, uncertainty, and desperate connection.
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Maria Chimishkyan The 10 Best Albums of 2021
The most memorable music made during a disorienting year, from Lorde, Arca, Jazmine Sullivan, and more
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Fabio Lovino / Universal and MGM / Charlie … Ridley Scott Still Makes Movies for Adults. Thank Goodness.
Three critics try to decipher House of Gucci—its wild performances, its even wilder accents, and what it shows us about the state of movies.
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Cliff Lipson / Getty / Charlie Le Maignan … Adele’s 30 and the Year of the Breakup Album
“Mommy’s been having a lot of big feelings recently.”
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Getty; The Atlantic The Rare Experimental Musician to Embrace the Spotlight
On her four new Kick albums, Arca makes music that provokes, invites, and, ultimately, inspires.
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Cliff Lipson / CBS / Getty Adele’s Shocking Attack on Complacency
The pop star’s new album, 30, is a work of dazzling ambition.
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Apple / Charlie Le Maignan / The Atlantic The Anachronistic Joy of Dickinson
Why is television using old settings to tell modern stories lately?
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Cheriss May / Getty The Mystery of Pete Buttigieg
A new Amazon documentary asks where the U.S. transportation secretary’s unflappable demeanor comes from—and what it might accomplish.
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Macall Polay / HBO The Gerontocracy Is the Villain of Succession
Logan Roy has a UTI. But as the show’s old men decline in health, they grow only more ruthless.
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Will Heath / NBCU / Getty On SNL, Taylor Swift Stopped Time
The singer’s 10-minute performance of “All Too Well” was a dazzling reminder of how far she has come as an artist.
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Jamaal Ellis / Houston Chronicle / AP The Bleak Lessons of the Astroworld Nightmare
Concert catastrophes aren’t an inevitable side effect of mass gatherings, but the result of specific and often avoidable failures.
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Getty; The Atlantic Lana Del Rey Is Still Searching for Happiness
In her new album, big themes—trauma, gender, social collapse—are just details of her inner life.
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