The Banal Politics of “Extrapolations” The Banal Politics of “Extrapolations”
The new Apple TV series knows the world is going to shit but is uninterested in the kind of change needed to prevent this from happening.
Apr 12, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte
Representative Jim Jordan’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Hearings Representative Jim Jordan’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Hearings
The Ohio representative’s debut in the scandal business represents a considerable falling off from the party of Joseph McCarthy and Henry Hyde.
Apr 11, 2023 / Francis Wilkinson
The Biting Workplace Comedy of “Party Down” The Biting Workplace Comedy of “Party Down”
Returning over a decade after it was originally canceled, the cult series remains a potent satire of meritocracy and Los Angeles.
Apr 11, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi
Clarence Thomas’s Rich Friend Collects: Judges, Politicians—and Nazi Memorabilia Clarence Thomas’s Rich Friend Collects: Judges, Politicians—and Nazi Memorabilia
Texas billionaire Harlan Crow is a modern-day Charles Foster Kane.
Apr 10, 2023 / Jeet Heer
The End of the Music Business The End of the Music Business
A century of recorded music has culminated in the infinite archive of streaming platforms. But is it really better for listeners?
Apr 10, 2023 / Feature / Ethan Iverson
Stop Gatekeeping Architecture Stop Gatekeeping Architecture
We all inhabit, and therefore participate in, the built environment.
Apr 7, 2023 / Kate Wagner
Everyone Deserves Grandeur Everyone Deserves Grandeur
A new performing arts center in New York’s Financial District demonstrates the problem with the city’s beautiful, expensive buildings.
Apr 6, 2023 / Marianela D’Aprile
St. Clair Bourne’s Cinema of Solidarity St. Clair Bourne’s Cinema of Solidarity
The Black and the Green, which follows Black American activists who travel to Northern Ireland to learn from Irish allies, documents the necessary messiness of political organizing
Apr 6, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Yasmina Price
M. Night Shyamalan’s Strange Renaissance M. Night Shyamalan’s Strange Renaissance
After watching his latest, Knock at the Cabin, one can't help but wonder: What is fueling his career revival?
Apr 5, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse
Forget AI—We Need More Clip Art Forget AI—We Need More Clip Art
We used to scoff at it, but in an age of relentless commodification, it now seems like a democratizing force.
Apr 4, 2023 / Kate Wagner