The Truths That Failed Jason Arday
admin Systemic, ritualized dishonesty undid the Cambridge professor.
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Hollywood’s Most Indestructible Superhero
Spider-Man has always found success, no matter how moviegoers feel about his cape-wearing peers.
The Dystopia of Modern Singlehood
The plot of <em>One Night Only </em>is extremely silly. It also contains a grain of truth.
The Trouble With Trying to Turn Viral Videos Into Blockbusters
The film industry is starting to see Reddit and YouTube as gold mines, but those platforms won’t save Hollywood on…
A Perfect Album for a Frustrating Decade
Phoebe Bridgers’s new record is heavy with post-pandemic disappointment.
Trump’s New Plan to Get His Name Back on the Kennedy Center
The center’s board voted—again—to shut down for a renovation. It threw in a design tweak.
The Mysterious Art of Conducting
An inside look at music’s widely misunderstood profession
A Culture War in the Bedroom
A new film pokes fun at Gen Z’s inhibitions—erotic and otherwise.
The Thrill of Letting Pop Culture Consume You
Jane Schoenbrun’s new film wants viewers to be taken in by feelings, not overanalysis.
The Internet Is in Crisis
For 15 minutes, the celebrity-gossip blogger Perez Hilton livestreamed his violent self-harm without anyone intervening.