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The Past, Present, and Future of the Period Drama
From Merchant Ivory’s classic adaptations of E. M. Forster novels to the BBC’s beloved rendition of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” the greatest period dramas are the ones that succeed in transl…
Published on 2 years ago
Samantha Irby Knows How to Be Funny
Samantha Irby’s latest essay collection, “Quietly Hostile,” cemented her place as one of the great professionally funny people working today. Her books and her writing for such TV shows as “Shrill” a…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Is “The Golden Bachelor” Too Good to Be True?
Reality television is all about artifice, and contestants on “The Bachelor” often seem more interested in becoming influencers than in finding a spouse—but “The Golden Bachelor,” a new spinoff starri…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Why We Dine Out (or Don’t)
In the years since the pandemic began, the experience of dining out has been utterly transformed. Coveted tables now disappear seconds after they’re released, and influencers dictate what’s in demand…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Britney Spears Tells Her Horror Story
The celebrity memoir has long been a place for public figures to set the record straight on the story of their lives. By any measure, Britney Spears’s life, as detailed in her new book, “The Woman in…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Martin Scorsese’s America
Throughout his career, Martin Scorsese has traced crime, greed, and corruption across American life. In his new film, he turns his gaze to the violence of whiteness. Set in nineteen-twenties Oklahoma…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Are Straight Couples O.K.?
Throughout film history, heterosexual relationships have served as a battleground for questions of sex, power, and equality. From the 1949 screwball comedy “Adam’s Rib,” in which a husband and wife’s…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Spies, Sex, and John le Carré
In 1963, a British spy writing under the pen name John le Carré published a novel that shot to the top of best-seller lists worldwide. After the success of “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,” le Car…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Taylor Swift Is Everywhere All at Once
Taylor Swift has long been the subject of adoration, scrutiny, and debate—but it wasn’t until this summer, as the Eras Tour filled football stadiums and TikTok feeds alike, that she achieved complete…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
The Myth-Making of Elon Musk
Elon Musk’s presence in our lives is inescapable: his cars roam our streets, his satellites orbit our skies, and his purchase of X—formerly known as Twitter—has reshaped the social-media landscape. T…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago