review

From CW heartthrob to potential Oscar contender

A24’s comedy-musical is a bust

Lorde’s decision to move away from her moody, neon-drenched sounds of old and into a more buoyant, sunny frame of mind has proven divisive. Her album Solar Power has received mixed reviews, with some fans missing the gnarly emotional impact of her previous masterpiece, Melodrama. But there’s a subtle kind of magic on Solar Power, […]

In Episode 1 of her new SHOWTIME and A24 series, “55%,” Ziwe interviews Fran Lebowitz, Gloria Steinem, and makes white people cringe.

Brockhampton blend different sounds, moods and themes into something that emerges as revelatory and reflective of the complexity of emotion

Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland is one of the most celebrated films of the year. It’s also one of the year’s most disorienting films. It refuses easy answers or character judgments, leaving the viewer with an array of questions and, for some, an empty feeling that in no small way resembles the expansive, empty American landscapes that […]

Justin Bieber’s new album feels part pop, part christian rock, and part … social activism?

Spoilers ahead for WandaVision episodes 1 through 6

Coney Island in the winter is a completely different place than during summertime, when it’s a brightly lit beachside amusement park. In the song “coney island,” featuring The National, Taylor Swift brings her listeners to the wintertime side of New York’s infamous seaside paradise, inviting us to join her on a bench as she mourns […]

The film Hillbilly Elegy has been almost universally panned by critics, torn to shreds in a way possibly not seen since Cats. Problems abound. First off, the movie is, somehow, fairly boring. It’s almost entirely lacking in aesthetic style, and it’s also completely devoid of politics. Why is that a problem? Like the average moderate […]