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Charlotte Rutherford/Sony Lil Nas X Isn’t a Fad. He’s the Future of Pop.
He understands better than almost anyone how to turn angst into a hit.
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Karen Ballard / Apple TV+ The Morning Show Has Become a Camp Masterpiece
Just embrace the chaos.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Dark Reality Behind ‘Cozy Mysteries’
The genre’s popularity can feel like a relic of a bygone era—but these books share DNA with today’s bloodier thrillers.
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Claire Folger / Warner Bros. Another Unpretentious, Melancholy Farewell From Clint Eastwood
In his new film, the 91-year-old actor-director gets back in the saddle.
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Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Norm Macdonald Wanted Laughter, Not Applause
The late comic’s best work exemplified his resistance to cheap, easy material, but also his utter unpretentiousness.
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Sean Zanni / Patrick McMullan / Getty The Real Game Changer at the Met Gala
It’s not Bennifer or AOC.
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Joe Sohm / Universal Images / Getty; Getty; … The Prophet of Nothingness
With Harrow, her first novel in two decades, Joy Williams stares into the abyss.
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Getty; Paul Spella / The Atlantic How 9/11 Changed What Americans Laugh At
The attacks altered the course of modern comedy, fueling the rise of political satire as a form of mainstream entertainment.
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Tina Thorpe / FX What’s the Most Crucial Part of the Clinton Affair?
Impeachment: American Crime Story tells a humanizing story, but misses a bigger point.
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Wang Zhao / AFP / Getty How Hollywood Sold Out to China
A culture of acquiescing to Beijing’s censors is now the norm, and there’s little sign of it changing.
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Rodrigo Varela / Getty You Can Never Forget Michael K. Williams
The late actor, best known for his work on The Wire, devoted himself fully to every role, no matter the size.
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Illustration by Vanessa Saba; images by Leonardo Cendamo … The Writer Who Saw All of This Coming
The Matrix author Lauren Groff spends a lot of time thinking about humanity’s past, present, and future.
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OVO / Republic Records / UMG; The Atlantic Drake’s Tedious Descent Into Villainy
The rapper embraces his caricature on his new album, but being in on the joke turns out to be pretty boring.
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Netflix / Everett A Film About the Impossible Job of Valuating Lives
Worth, a Netflix movie about the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, reminds us that tragedies can’t be neatly quantified.
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Eliza Morse / Netflix What The Chair Gets Unexpectedly Right About the Ivory Tower
Despite the public attention paid to big egos, colleges and universities run on the generosity of the common professor.
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Getty / The Atlantic Needs
A short story
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The Brown Family; The Atlantic Why We Need Terrifying Stories
Karen Brown on how reading puts us in control
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Kevin Mazur / Universal Music Group / Getty God May Forgive Kanye West, but You Don’t Have To
On Donda, the rapper conveys all the imagery of surrender, but little of the weight.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Surprising Politics of Antiques Roadshow
The show is about finding out how much your possessions are worth. But it has stayed popular because it values knowledge over money.
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Universal Pictures / Everett The Candyman Lives On
Nia DaCosta’s take on the 1992 horror classic finds new depths in an urban legend but drowns in its own innovation.
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