‘Sing Sing’ Director Greg Kwedar on Making Art in Prison and Waves in HollywoodThe Austin-based filmmaker discusses his Colman Domingo–led movie’s long road to the red carpet.
The 50 Most-Anticipated Movies of 2025This is about to be a big year for steamy, star-studded romances, franchise finales (goodbye, ‘Mission Impossible!’), and even one talking hippo.
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and the Collapse of the Hollywood #MeToo EraThe reportage that thrived in the late twenty-tens cannot break through on today’s volatile Internet, where information is misinformation and victims are offenders.
The 10 Best Medical Shows of All Time, RankedMax’s Noah Wyle-led ‘The Pitt’ is the latest in a recent proliferation of medical series. THR’s chief TV critic ranks the 10 greatest examples of the beloved small-screen genre.
A Pitmaster Returns to West Texas to Continue His Great-Uncle’s Barbecue LegacyRaul’s was a Fort Davis institution. Jason Dominguez picks up where it left off with Rock N Raul’s Smokehouse, which pays homage to the original.
‘I like to break the rules’: Björk on comedy, darkness and the most flamboyant tour of her careerBjörk is in Paris, and her laptop camera isn’t working. The laptop is eight years old, she explains, and she doesn’t want to replace it, for environmental reasons. “But let’s just say I haven’t exactly been crying about the fact that it doesn’t work.
Is Sleep’s Dopesmoker still the heaviest album of all time?Sleep’s Dopesmoker is legendarily heavy. On any halfway decent sound system, it’ll rattle your ribcage. It’s sort of like being slowly assaulted by a massage chair. In 2015, Guitar World named it the heaviest album ever recorded.
Babygirl Isn’t as Bold as You ThinkDon’t look to Nicole Kidman for a frank accounting of what sexual domination looks like. Not since Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut has a female movie star offered such an awkward portrayal of sex as Nicole Kidman in Babygirl.
If You Only Use Spotify for Streaming Music, You’re Missing OutSpotify is my one stop destination for music, playlists, and collaborating with my friends. But if you are someone who only uses Spotify to stream music or create playlists, you are missing out on some of its best features.
“A Complete Unknown” Shears Off Vital Details in the Life of a Colossal, Complicated ArtistOne doesn’t have to be a Dylanologist to know, or even to sense, that “A Complete Unknown,” which opens on December 25th, simplifies Bob Dylan’s early professional life and dilutes its furies.
The 41 Most Anticipated New and Returning TV Shows Coming in 2025The entry that’s furthest into the future that we have on this list is “Andor,” the second season of which will premiere on Disney+ on April 22 — and that’s emblematic of how few series dates have been announced as of yet for next year.
A Novel to Help You Slow DownCulture and entertainment musts from Kristen V. Brown This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.
Star Trek: Section 31 is about the most dangerous idea in Trek canonStar Trek: Section 31, Paramount Plus’ first foray into feature-length Star Trek movies, has to do one, and only one, thing to succeed.
“Babygirl” Never Really Makes a MessIn November, the reality star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian posted a series of images and videos to her social-media accounts, in which she appeared to promote Tesla’s new A.I. robot, Optimus.
K-pop's uncertain English-language futureYears before BTS broke the seal on K-pop in America, Teddy Riley saw the vision. The R&B trailblazer, whose production and songwriting pioneered new jack swing in the 1980s and '90s, turned an ear to Seoul in the late 2000s, producing for K-pop groups like f(x), EXO and Girls' Generation.