The Oscar Nominations: La La Land, Moonlight, and Arrival Dominate
The Hollywood-set musical took a record 14 nods in a list otherwise dominated by smaller, more intimate dramas.
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Zak Bickel / Katie Martin / Paul Spella ... The Best Writing Advice of 2016
Highlights from 12 months of interviews with writers about their craft and the authors they love
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Studio Ghibli / Sony Pictures Classics The Elegant Simplicity of The Red Turtle
The first feature from Oscar-winning animator Michaël Dudok de Wit is a beautifully sparse meditation on the cycles of life.
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Joe Pugliese The Hollywood List Everyone Wants to Be On
Franklin Leonard’s anonymous survey has launched careers, recognized four of the past eight Best Picture winners, and pushed movie studios to think beyond sequels and action flicks.
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Gianni Fiorito/HBO The Divine Comedy Within The Young Pope
The show is funny because it's about the power of humor—and the absurdities of faith.
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ABC In Praise of Corinne, The Bachelor's Human Conspiracy Theory
Is she for real? Is she an actor? Is she really a 24-year-old with a nanny?
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HBO There Are No Easy Answers in Beware the Slenderman
The HBO documentary delves into the disturbing 2014 case of two Wisconsin girls who say they stabbed their friend to appease a bogeyman-like figure.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters How Madonna Gave Trump Ammo With a Cry for Peace
Her mention of “blowing up the White House” at the Women’s March on Washington was a classic moment for her—and for the new president’s team.
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Universal Deciphering the Bizarre Twist Ending of Split
M. Night Shyamalan’s new film ends on a typically surprising note—and there’s a lot to unpack about its wider implications.
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Twentieth Century Fox The Atlantic's Week in Culture
A roundup of our recent writing on arts and entertainment
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NBC Saturday Night Live Faces Off Against the Trump Presidency
In its first episode of the new administration, the NBC sketch show skewered Vladimir Putin, Kellyanne Conway, and the “lowercase KKK.”
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C. Stanley Photography / Arena Stage Roe: Can a Play Influence the Abortion Debate?
Lisa Loomer's production about the legendary Supreme Court case opens during a time of renewed uncertainty over a woman’s right to choose.
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Sundance Selects I, Daniel Blake Satirizes a Brutal Bureaucracy
Ken Loach’s new movie, which triumphed at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, is a Kafkaesque tale of one man navigating Britain’s welfare system.
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Bryan Woolston / Reuters The Inauguration, and the Counter-Inauguration
The Women’s March on Washington was a protest that also, in its own way, marked a peaceful transition of power.
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Paul Beaty / AP Barack Obama and Hidden Figures: The Week in Pop-Culture Writing
Highlights from seven days of reading about arts and entertainment
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Track of the Day: ‘Democracy’ by Leonard Cohen
From David, a reader in Oakland: I hope it’s not too late to point out…
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Poems for Coping With Change on Inauguration Day
In the aftermath of November’s election, many readers who had been shocked by Donald Trump’s victory shared poems that helped…
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Mike Segar / Reuters Donald Trump's Nostalgic, Lulling Inaugural Concert
Acts like 3 Doors Down, Toby Keith, and the Piano Guys offered the comfort of looking backwards.
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NBC The Otherworldly Genius of The Good Place
After a promising debut last fall, NBC’s quirky, metaphysical comedy enjoyed a terrific first season—only to brilliantly upend its entire premise in the final episode.
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Universal Studios M. Night Shyamalan's Split Is a Creepy, Guilty Pleasure
In his new film, which features a brilliant performance from James McAvoy as a man with 23 personalities, the oft-derided director may have finally found a return to form.
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Library of Congress The Worst Presidential Inaugurations, Ranked
Recent presidential installation ceremonies have been studiously planned and free of major disasters. It hasn’t always been so.
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Track of the Day: ‘Boom, Like That’ by Mark Knopfler
This is the song I have stuck in my head after reading David Sims’s review of The Founder…
