A Reckoning with Reality (TV)
A love letter and the jacked up emotions of reality TV.
Movies & TV
Lena Waithe Is Changing the Game
On the star who is re-writing the rules for the next generation.
There's Something Funny About Tiffany Haddish
“Tiffany Haddish may, in fact, be too good at being Tiffany Haddish. Too good at seeming like one of your friends who became famous. At times, she treats her new fame like she is on a group text with the world.”
Death in the Snow
In 2001, a young Japanese woman walked into the North Dakota woods and froze to death. Had she come in search of the $1 million dollars buried nearby in the film Fargo?
Enlisting an Audience
How Hollywood peddles propaganda.
The Male Glance
How the way we’re taught to look at female-centric TV, books and movies is ruining our ability to see good art.
Show the Monster
A profile of director Guillermo del Toro.
Oscar Night in Hollywood
As early as 1948, the Oscars sucked.
The Reckoning
Thirty years ago, a series of documentaries introduced the world to an isolated tribe in Papua New Guinea. What happened when the cameras left?
What Ever Happened To Brendan Fraser?
The disappearance of a once ubiquitous movie star.
Laurie Metcalf Was Hiding in Plain Sight
“A unicorn, a monster, a phoenix, a machine, a heavyweight fighter, an astronaut, a superhero, a thoroughbred, a home-run hitter, a waitress juggling ‘16 entrees, 42 starters, 16 desserts,’ a jazz virtuoso, LeBron James, Magellan, Snuffleupagus. The actress Laurie Metcalf has been compared to all of these things.”
Timothée Chalamet Has Arrived Right on Time
A star explodes.
Why ‘Black Panther’ Is a Defining Moment for Black America
On Ryan Coogler’s film.
Make Yourself Up
On RuPaul and Drag Race.
Bad Boys
How Cops became the most polarizing reality TV show in America.
Jimmy Kimmel Doesn't Want to Cry
A late night host finds a new voice.
Katja Blichfeld Gets What She Wants
A profile of the High Maintenance co-creator.
David Lynch Keeps His Head
A visit to the set of Lost Highway, minus an actual interview with the director.
The Next Bechdel Test
Twelve new ways of measuring Hollywood’s gender imbalance.
Jordan Peele’s X-Ray Vision
Life after Get Out.
The Dark Optimism of Paul Thomas Anderson
A profile of the director.
Trixie Mattel Is for Men (and Women and Kids)
A profile of the diva who is proving that drag is entertainment for everyone.
Rachel Brosnahan’s Comic Timing
Can the star of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ help reclaim women’s place in stand-up history?
Pirates and Traders
The DVD is still king in Lagos’ Alaba International Market for Electronics.
Excerpted from Nollywood: The Making of a Film Empire.
Harvey Weinstein’s Army of Spies
The film executive hired private investigators, including ex-Mossad agents, to track actresses and journalists.
