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Fictional teachers we wish we had
It’s back to school season, which has us thinking about our favorite teachers. The ones who really saw us, changed our points of view, or set us on n…
2 months, 1 week ago
Lanterns
HBO’s new DC superhero show Lanterns is not the show you think it is. It’s about a couple of space cops: Kyle Chandler plays Earth’s Green Lantern, H…
2 months, 1 week ago
Tony and What’s Making Us Happy
In the new film Tony, we meet chef and author Anthony Bourdain before he was in the public eye. He was a wayward, overconfident young guy, and, as pl…
2 months, 1 week ago
What's Making Us Happy (1970s Version)
We're traveling way back in time to 1971 -- when Richard Nixon was president, the Beatles were newly broken up, and Fiddler on the Roof was one of th…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Phoebe Bridgers’ album Lost Weekend
Phoebe Bridgers is your favorite pop star’s favorite pop star. And she’s just released a gorgeous new solo album, Lost Weekend. It’s packed with gues…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
The new movie Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a bloody and bewildering queer slasher film. Directed by Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow), i…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The End of Oak Street and What’s Making Us Happy
In the fun, entertaining new film, The End of Oak Street, Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor star as a married couple in the early 1980s. One night, the…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Summer blockbusters we somehow missed
Summer blockbusters are hugely popular and as a result, financially successful, and seen by lots of people. So with summer blockbuster season coming …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso is finally back. But is this new fourth season worth the wait, and does it have anything fresh to say? Ted (Jason Sudeikis) has returned to…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Our dream TV workplaces
We spend the majority of our adult lives at work. We also see so many depictions of working life on TV. So where’s the fictional place we’d like to w…
2 months, 3 weeks ago