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2016. The Night Of screenshot

Art & CultureFilm + TVStaff Picks
The “Night Of” Cure: Great Procedurals That Won’t Force You to Wait Until Next Week

You’ll need to wait two full months before seeing the climax of HBO’s new series, but that doesn’t mean you have to wait to get your daily dose of great procedural entertainment.

July 15, 2016

Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler in “Armageddon”

Art & CultureFilm + TVStaff Picks
The Anti-America Cure: Patriotic Thrills That Won’t Endanger the Republic (or Your Soul)

Hot dogs, flags, and fireworks lose some of their appeal in light of the nativist hysteria gripping America at the moment, but this list will help you think America’s kind of great again.

July 01, 2016
Film + TV
Too Many Kings and Too Many Kingdoms: The Problem of Depth in “Game of Thrones”

“Game of Thrones” is striving admirably to carry its abundance of characters, territories, and plotlines. But it doesn’t have to.

June 29, 2016

Andy Samberg “Popstar”

Film + TVReviews
Needs More Cowbell: On The Lonely Island’s “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping”

First, a bit of context: I’m confident that I could watch eighty-six minutes of Lonely Island digital shorts and feel…

June 07, 2016

Psycho screenshot Janet Leigh in car

Art & CultureFilm + TVStaff Picks
The Death Cure: A Return to the Days When Killing Your Darlings Was Still a Power Move

Pop cultural deaths that occurred back before death was cool.

June 03, 2016

Still from Le Mepris (aka Contempt) of Brigitte Bardot

Film + TVStaff Picks
The Summer Movie Cure: Ten Seasonally Appropriate Alternatives to Cinema’s Dog Day

Pop culture recommendations to aid with your blockbuster fatigue.

May 27, 2016
Art & CultureFilm + TVStaff Picks
The C.K. Cure: Self-Esteem Boosts from Ten Abject Failures

Pop culture recommendations to aid with your justified sense of inadequacy.

May 20, 2016

Wikipedia logo header

Art & Culture
He Said, He Said: The Wikipedia Hall of Fame

Two of our editors discuss their use (and abuse) of the online encyclopedia using the preferred forum of pop-culture enthusiasts everywhere: G-chat.

May 17, 2016

2016. Donald Trump, photo by Michael Vadon via Wikimedia Commons

Art & CultureFilm + TVStaff Picks
The Trump Cure: Ten Enjoyably Explicable, Despicable Men

Pop culture recommendations to aid in coping with the Donald.

May 06, 2016

Jeremy Saulnier / not credited

Film + TV
Breaking: Jeremy Saulnier

The “Green Room” director is slashing his way to the top.

May 05, 2016

Green Room / Patrick Stewart / photo by Scott Patrick Green Courtesy of A24

Film + TVReviews
The Taste of Death: Jeremy Saulnier’s “Green Room”

Even a slaughterhouse has its rules. But is that enough?

April 15, 2016

Midnight Special

Film + TVReviews
“Midnight Special” Takes Highway to Heaven, Highway to Hell

Jeff Nichols’ latest film gamely shifts across genres without signaling.

March 31, 2016

2016. Kumail Nanjiani cred Ramona Rosales

Film + TV
Kumail Nanjiani Can Hot Take It or Leave It

The multi-hyphenate star of “Silicon Valley” joins us ahead of the show’s April 24 season premiere to discuss birthdays, podcasts, Donald Trump, and ketchup.

March 21, 2016

The Witch

Film + TVReviews
Occult Classic: Robert Eggers’ “The Witch”

The winner of the Director’s Award at last year’s Sundance burns slowly—and brightly.

February 24, 2016

Álvaro Enrigue / photo by Zony Maya

Art & CultureReviews
The Magic of Realism: On Álvaro Enrigue’s “Sudden Death”

The New York–based writer plays tennis with history.

February 16, 2016

Anomalisa screengrab

Film + TVReviews
OK, Great: Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman’s “Anomalisa”

Kaufman’s puppet-play allows us to find grace in the despair of everyday life.

January 06, 2016

“Hitchcock/Truffaut” trailer

Film + TVReviews
Precision and Soul: Kent Jones’s “Hitchcock/Truffaut”

A critic’s documentary about an iconic dialogue gives new life to old debates.

December 18, 2015

Macbeth screengrab

Film + TVReviews
Horror Show: Justin Kurzel’s Marvelous “Macbeth”

Supernatural terrors conspire with the evils of war in this bold new adaptation.

December 07, 2015
Film + TVReviews
Going Homeless: John Crowley’s “Brooklyn”

The film adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s novel burns quietly.

November 09, 2015
Art & CultureReviews
The Gears of Reincarnation: On David Mitchell’s “Slade House”

The celebrated British novelist returns with his followup to 2014’s “The Bone Clocks.”

November 04, 2015
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