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Courtesy of Leonard Cohen Family Trust Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ Belongs to Everyone
What is it about the once virtually unknown song that inspires so many musicians to make it their own?
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A24 Marcel the Shell Is the Hero the World Needs
The fragile little adventurer can teach us something powerful about navigating obstacles with grace.
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HBO What a Story of 1970s Abortion Activism Can Teach Us Today
For the Jane Collective, organizing safe abortions in pre-Roe America didn’t just serve people in need—it also protected a more hopeful future.
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Zik Images / Getty The Kate Bush Resurgence Is a Reminder That We Can Have Nice Things
Songs like “Running Up That Hill” stay in rotation not because of nostalgia but because they’re timeless.
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The Atlantic Where to Turn When You Feel ‘at Odds With Being Human’
Two recent books find, in the fluidity and endurance of marine life, respite from a world that expects conformity.
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Matt Chase History Is Never Only One Person’s Story
A good group biography details with curiosity the ways, trivial and tremendous, that humans influence one another.
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Warner Bros. Elvis Is Utterly Disorienting. That’s the Point.
Baz Luhrmann’s chaotic, maximalist approach works for one reason: The story of Elvis Presley should be a mess.
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Clarence Gatson / Gado / Getty Empathy Isn’t Enough
The perils and limits of writing with a moral message: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Netflix J. Lo’s Tragic Fame Cycle
Halftime, the Netflix documentary about the performer, posits that rebirth is essential for the modern celebrity—but it takes a hidden toll.
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Anika Molnar / Sister Pictures / BBC / … What This Is Going to Hurt Leaves Out
And what the AMC black comedy about a British obstetrician illuminates about women’s health
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic ‘I’ve Seen Several Giants Die on My Land’
A new anthology about climate change acknowledges that we are both willing participants in and at the mercy of the systems that are destroying us.
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The Atlantic; Cole Burston / Kevin Mazur / … Welcome to the Summer of Dancing and Darkness
Beyoncé and Drake are turning to house music to encourage listeners to let loose. But are we ready to submit?
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Mark Erickson / Getty The Most American Form of Architecture Isn’t Going Anywhere
A new book challenges the dominant narrative that malls are dying.
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Netflix Chris Hemsworth Finds His Villainous Niche
Spiderhead comes so close to making a classic “good vs. evil” story line feel new again.
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Getty ; The Atlantic The Organization of Your Bookshelves Tells Its Own Story
The complexity of the human heart can be expressed in the arrangement of one’s books.
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Casey Ryan Vock Perfume Genius Sings the Body Electric
The notion of surrender is at the heart of Mike Hadreas’s carnal and sensual new album, Ugly Season.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty The Book That Captures My Life as a Dad
Abbott Awaits makes the everyday aspects of parenting objects of tender observation.
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Disney / Pixar It’s Time for Pixar to Move on From Toy Story
Lightyear is the origin story that no one needed.
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Getty The Books Swallowed by the Black Hole of the Coronavirus
Some spectacular titles had the terrible luck of being released in early 2020. They still deserve our attention.
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Getty; Alex Cochran TikTok Killed the Video Star
MTV turned music into spectacle. The app is doing the opposite.
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