Spring Offer: Get 1 Year, Save 58%

Culture (page 281)

Salon covers TV, movies, books, entertainment and culture news through insightful reporting, criticism, commentary and analysis.

Ken Jennings attends the ABC Television's Winter Press Tour 2020 at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 08, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage)

Ken Jennings courts Bean Dad controversy

Ashlie D. Stevens
"Cobra Kai" (Sony Pictures Television)

Cobra Kai & middle-aged masculinity

Panizza Allmark - The Conversation
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in "Sherlock" (BBC)

Sherlock & the case of toxic masculinity

Ashley Morgan - The Conversation
Bridgerton (Netflix)

"Bridgerton" sex is not sexy

Melanie McFarland
Advertisement:
DENZEL WASHINGTON as Joe “Deke” Deacon and JARED LETO as Albert Sparma in Warner Bros. Pictures’ psychological thriller “THE LITTLE THINGS" (Photograph by Courtesy of Warner Bros. Inc.)

What's on HBO Max in January

Ashlie D. Stevens
Dessa (Sam Gehrke)

Dessa's lifelong Beatles influence

Nicole Michael
The Mandalorian (Disney+)

Why is "The Mandalorian" so good?

Chauncey DeVega
(Walt Disney Studios)

Kids' media is teaching pain all wrong

Melanie Noel, Abbie Jordan - The Conversation
Advertisement:
Isla Johnston and Bill Camp in "The Queen's Gambit" (Netflix)

Where do gifted children like Beth go?

Jennifer Crane - The Conversation
Nicolas Cage, the f***ing host of "History of Swear Words" (Netflix)

Everything coming to Netflix in January

Ashlie D. Stevens
John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness in "Doctor Who" (James Pardon/BBC Studios/BBCA)

"Doctor Who" gifts us with Captain Jack

Melanie McFarland
Cobra Kai (Netflix)

"Cobra Kai" loses some of its bite

Melanie McFarland
Advertisement:
Sarah Cooper in "Everything's Fine" | J. Lo and Shakira | Jackie Tohn and Kia Stevens in "Glow" (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Netflix)

Yes, that happened in 2020

Melanie McFarland
Michelle Dockery and Matthew McConaughey in "The Gentlemen" (STX Films)

Bidding adieu to the worst films of 2020

Gary M. Kramer
Toasting with champagne (Getty Images)

The icy backstory of chilled drinks

Tulasi Srinivas - The Conversation
Laverne Cox in Disclosure (Ava Benjamin Shorr/Netflix)

Director Sam Feder talks "Disclosure"

Melanie McFarland
Advertisement:
Laura Ingalls Wilder signing books ( Courtesy of LIW Memorial Society, De Smet, S)

Fact, fiction and "Little House"

Ashlie D. Stevens
Uzo Aduba as Shirley Chisholm and Cate Blanchett As Phyllis Schlafly in "Mrs. America" (Sabrina Lantos/FX)

TV and film got abortion wrong in 2020

Stephanie Herold, Gretchen Sisson - The Conversation
A Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS)

The defiant honesty of Colbert in 2020

Justin Pelofsky
Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams in "Eurovision Song Contest" (Elizabeth Viggiano/Netflix)

"Eurovision," the holiday laugh we need

Anna Augusto Rodrigues - The Conversation
Advertisement:
Claire Danes as Carrie in HOMELAND (Sifeddine Elamine/SHOWTIME)

Overcoming cliched disability depictions

Magda Romanska - The Conversation
I May Destroy You | Better Call Saul | What We Do in the Shadows (Photo illustration by Salon/Warner Media Group/AMC/FX)

The best TV shows of 2020

Melanie McFarland
HILLBILLY ELEGY: (L to R) Glenn Close ("Mamaw”), Amy Adams (“Bev”) (Lacey Terrell/NETFLIX)

The real stories of "Hillbilly Elegy"

Chauncey DeVega
Regé-Jean Page and Adjoa Andoh in "Bridgerton" (Liam Daniel/Netflix)

"Bridgerton" boss on race, incels & more

Hanh Nguyen
« Previous
Page: 281
Next »
Advertisement: