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6 Ways The Witcher‘s Second Season Improves Upon the First
The Netflix show starts taking itself more seriously, and toning down some of its more blatant attempts to capture a 'Game of Thrones' vibe
The 21 Most Anticipated Books of 2022
There’s no need to temper your expectations about 2022, at least in terms of reading selection. The year ahead promises new releases by big-name authors—Jennifer Egan, Elena Ferrante, Marlon James, Hanya Yanagihara—and debut novels by writers poised to become fan favorites, such as Jean Chen Ho and Xochitl Gonzalez. If you’re more of a memoir…
bell hooks Wasn’t Afraid to Burn It All Down and Begin Again
bell hooks was a radical feminist, a scholar and author who spent the ‘90s publishing about a book a year. She was a poet, a mentor, a professor and an icon whose influence is immeasurable. When I was 19 and began talking back to hip-hop in my own essays and articles, I’d cite her again…
The 50 Most Anticipated TV Shows of 2022
From new series like Pam & Tommy and The Gilded Age to returning series like Bridgerton, Ted Lasso and Atlanta
The 10 Best Video Games of 2021
The gaming industry was perfectly positioned to thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic. With each new variant of the coronavirus, many of us are stuck inside, often alone. Why not use the time to explore other worlds? But in 2021, pure escapism through gaming has proven impossible. While the video game industry is no stranger to…
The 58 Most Anticipated Movies of 2022
The list of the most anticipated movies of 2022 is here, so mark your calendars—though you might want to do so in pencil. If cinephiles have learned anything over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s that release dates are but a mere suggestion amid a worldwide health crisis. For example, Death on the Nile,…
The National Film Registry Adds 25 Movies, From Return of the Jedi to WALL-E
LOS ANGELES — This year’s inductees into the National Film Registry include an epic Star Wars and Lord of the Ring films, projects starring Jennifer Lopez and the late Cicely Tyson along with films that took on racially motivated violence against people of color. The Library of Congress announced Tuesday that films including Star Wars…
The 10 Best Movie Performances of 2021
From Ruth Negga's soulful, searing performance in 'Passing' to Daniel Craig's Bond farewell
The Troubling Consequences of Seeing Muslims as a Racial Group
How can a country supposedly founded on principles of religious freedom be so quick to support policies that violate the civil rights of Muslims? That’s one of the questions at the heart of a new book, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom, by Rutgers law professor Sahar Aziz. The Racial Muslim proposes an…
Where Succession Can Go From Here After the Season 3 Finale
This story contains spoilers for season 3 of Succession. If we didn’t know that HBO had already greenlit a fourth season of Succession, the final episode of season 3 could have served as a brilliant series finale. Each of the three main Roy children has tried to earn a spot as the heir to Waystar…
Succession, Belfast and The Power of the Dog Lead the 2022 Golden Globe Awards
But Hollywood mostly shrugged following a year of controversy among the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Being the Ricardos Tells the Story of a Brilliant Partnership. It Could Do Without the Civics Lesson
If Being the Ricardos were just a movie about the insidious evil of the House Un-American Activities Committee and the Hollywood blacklist, it would be a bit of a yawn. But as the story of a marriage between two brilliant professionals, one of whom—the man, incidentally—often took a backseat to his more dazzling partner, it…