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The 5 Best New TV Shows Our Critic Watched in August 2021
From Spike Lee's controversial love letter to New York to Sandra Oh's satire of life in academia.
Kanye West’s Controversial Donda Is Finally Out. Here’s What You Need to Know
Here's what you need to know
Steve Martin’s Only Murders in the Building Is a Droll, Cozy Mystery for Modern Manhattan
Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez team up on murder podcast in this charming trifle from Hulu
The 33 Most Anticipated TV Shows of Fall 2021
From Impeachment: American Crime Story to Midnight Mass, here are the buzziest fall TV releases
How Candyman Reclaims the History of Cabrini-Green
Nia DaCosta's sequel to "Candyman" hopes to provide a different perspective on a long-maligned and now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood
Candyman Teases Out New Relevance From a ‘90s Horror Classic
Sometimes a movie arrives at just the right time, as if it were reading society’s collective mind. Candyman, directed by Nia DaCosta, and written by DaCosta, Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld, is one of those movies, a story rippling with ideas that many thinking people are already grappling with—or at least have finally become aware…
Painter Bob Ross Remains Popular Decades After His Death. A New Netflix Documentary Examines Who Benefits
A new documentary reveals less about Bob Ross the man and more about the struggle to control Bob Ross the brand
The 23 Most Anticipated Movies of Fall 2021
This fall marks the last time to see Daniel Craig as James Bond—but the first time to see Angelina Jolie as the Marvel immortal Thena
Every Single Detail of the Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer, Explained
What to know about the Marvel multiverse and how Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus and Miles Morales may show up in the film
The Chair Is a Pretty Accurate Portrayal of What It’s Like to Be a Woman Professor of Color. That’s Why It Can Be Painful to Watch
I’ve been an English professor for nearly 20 years, but people still tell me I don’t look like one. Not because I’m young (I’m not), but because I’m Asian American. Whenever professors are depicted in shows or movies, they’re usually stereotypes—elitist, intimidating, eccentric, out of touch, occasionally inspiring—and they’re almost always white and male and,…
New Jeopardy! Host Mike Richards Steps Down Amid Criticism. But He’s Not Leaving the Show Entirely
Jeopardy! executive producer Mike Richards has officially stepped down as incoming host of the long-running game show as multiple controversies from his past have come to light. After emerging earlier this month as the frontrunner to take over as Jeopardy!‘s new permanent host, Richards came under fire this week for offensive and sexist comments he…
Netflix’s Sharp Satire The Chair Throws Sandra Oh Into the Politicized Powder Keg of Higher Ed
This perceptive, perfectly cast, if rushed, comedy follows the first female chair of a chaotic college English department