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Unbothered

On Black nonchalance.

Gold and diamond grills. Stilettos you can’t walk in. Grandly arching fingernails, lovingly adorned. Such flouting of functionality is an obvious fuck-­you to the days of scrutinized teeth at auctions and picking cotton on plantations.

Namwali Serpell The Yale Review Dec 2020 25min Permalink

Movies & TV

Welcome to Zollywood

A profile of Zendaya.

Hunter Harris GQ Jan 2021 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

Wonder Women

The fight for female superheroes in Hollywood.

Soraya Roberts Hazlitt Dec 2020 25min Permalink

World Movies & TV

India’s Leading Documentary Filmmaker Has a Warning

Anand Patwardhan spent decades tracking the rise of Hindu nationalism. And now, under an increasingly repressive government, he holds his screenings in secret.

Abhrajyoti Chakraborty New York Times Nov 2020 25min Permalink

Movies & TV

Trevor Noah Is Still Trying to Explain America to Itself. It's Getting Harder.

A profile of the Daily Show host.

Wesley Lowery GQ Nov 2020 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

George Clooney When We Need Him Most

The actor and director is the one thing we can all agree on.

Zach Baron GQ Nov 2020 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

An Oral History of 'Marge vs The Monorail'

The episode that changed The Simpsons.

Sean Cole Vice Nov 2020 20min Permalink

Media Movies & TV

Citizen Pain

Zacharias Holmes grew up idolizing the anarchy of ‘Jackass.’ Then he took his idols’ vision of chaos to a whole other level. This is the story of Zackass, the Most Self-Destructive Man in America.

Justin Heckert The Ringer Oct 2020 35min Permalink

Movies & TV

Michaela Coel's Pressure Points

An interview with the creator and star of “I May Destroy You.”

Durga Chew-Bose Garage Sep 2020 Permalink

Crime Movies & TV

‘Nobody Is Going to Believe You’

The Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer has been trailed by accusations of sexual misconduct for 20 years. Here, his alleged victims tell their stories.

Alex French, Maximillian Potter The Atlantic Jan 2019 45min Permalink

Movies & TV

"This Was Abuse"

The fall of CBS showrunner Peter Lenkov.

Maureen Ryan Vanity Fair Jul 2020 25min Permalink

Movies & TV

Andy Samberg Is Happy to Be the Butt of the Joke

America’s poet laureate of the dick joke is taking it all in stride.

Sam Schube GQ Jul 2020 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

Michaela the Destroyer

How a young talent from East London went from open-mic nights to making the most sublimely unsettling show of the year.

E. Alex Jung New York Jul 2020 30min Permalink

Movies & TV

This Profile of Charlie Kaufman Has Changed

How do you write about Hollywood’s most self-referential screenwriter at a destabilizing moment in history? It takes more than one draft.

Jon Mooallem New York Times Magazine Jul 2020 25min Permalink

Politics Movies & TV

Jon Stewart Is Back to Weigh In

“I don’t think [the news media] has ever had a good handle on a political moment. It’s not designed for that. It’s designed for engagement.”

David Marchese New York Times Magazine Jun 2020 25min Permalink

Movies & TV

The Remaking of Steve Buscemi

A profile of the actor in the wake of the loss of his wife.

Gabriella Paiella GQ May 2020 15min Permalink

Movies & TV

Mad Max: Fury Road’: The Oral History of a Modern Action Classic

Production was shut down three times, the stars often clashed, and studio executives were baffled. Here’s how a difficult shoot led to an Oscar-winning masterpiece.

Kyle Buchanan New York Times May 2020 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

The King of Quarantine

“Yesterday I was just googling, I was going on YouTube to see how to microwave pasta.”

Zack Baron GQ May 2020 30min Permalink

Best Article Arts Movies & TV

The Duke in His Domain

A profile of Marlon Brando, 33, holed up in a hotel suite in Kyoto where he was filming Sayonara.

Truman Capote New Yorker Nov 1957 55min Permalink

Crime Movies & TV

The Hollywood Vigilante

Hunting child predators with actress Marisol Nichols.

Erika Hayasaki Marie Claire May 2020 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

Val Kilmer Doesn't Believe in Death

The iconic actor played Iceman, Doc Holliday, Batman, and Jim Morrison, but behind all the mythic roles was a man grasping for meaning wherever he could find it. Here he opens up about cancer, strength, and death.

Alex Pappademas Men's Health Apr 2020 15min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

King of Comedy

The making of Caddyshack.

Kate Meyers Golf Digest May 2004 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

If I Wrote a Coronavirus Episode

Tina Fey, Mike Schur, and 35 more TV writers on what their characters would do in a pandemic.

Maria Elena Fernandez Vulture Apr 2020 10min Permalink

Sports Movies & TV

David Arquette Is Still Fighting

Why is the actor wrestling—and nearly dying in the ring—at the age of 48? For pride, acceptance, and to undo the mistakes of his past.

Thomas Golianopoulos The Ringer Mar 2020 Permalink

Movies & TV

Everything On 'Naked and Afraid' Is Real—And I Lived It

Behind the scenes of the survivalist reality-TV show.

Blair Braverman Outside Mar 2020 Permalink

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