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Why Pete Hegseth talks like he’s in an action movie
Casey Ryan Kelly
The defense secretary's bro-y tone is borrowed from blockbusters
Tracey Emin turned her messy life into radical art
Andi Zeisler
A Tate Modern retrospective shows what Emin’s raw, personal work looks like in a world where women speak up
Fox News erased fallen soldiers to make Trump look better
Sophia Tesfaye
The network apologized for airing old footage of Trump at Dover. But it has a pattern of covering for him
Why the “Love Is Blind” experiment was doomed from the start
Melanie McFarland
Lockdown shifts that made Netflix's romance reality show a hit may be the main reason its couples aren't making it
“Frankenstein” needed a woman’s touch
Coleman Spilde
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s "The Bride!" is deeply flawed — and more exciting than any recent take on Mary Shelley's work
In Finland, winter is a way of eating
Howie Southworth
Where soup, sauna and salt turn cold into culture
Trump’s cable-news Cabinet tries to sell a war
Sophia Tesfaye
The Trump administration’s media strategy on Iran reveals as much about the conflict’s weaknesses as its goals
Morrissey was always a jerk
Andi Zeisler
Despite a new album and an unswayable fan base, Morrissey wants nothing more than to validate his victimhood
“All the President’s Men” was a warning
Coleman Spilde
Nearly 50 years later, the film feels less like a triumphant ode to journalism than a warning about media decay
Harry Styles lets the music — and the joy — take over
Kenneth Womack
"Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally" trades sleek sensuality for a daring, sonic feast of happiness
“Saturday Night Live” has a middle ground problem
Melanie McFarland
The Olympic hockey cameos offered a reminder that the show’s nonpartisan jokes often drift into false equivalence
Film is — and always will be — political
Coleman Spilde
With studios merging and slashers becoming controversy catalysts, cinema needs to be considered a political tool
Teen mothers were silenced in 1960s maternity homes. Could it happen again?
Andi Zeisler
Kate Schatz’s "Where the Girls Were" revisits an era of secrecy, shame and girls pressured to give up their babies
Bruce Springsteen draws a line from “Peter Pan” to “Born to Run”
Carlee Migliorisi
Springsteen reveals how a childhood love of Peter and Wendy led to a time-honored hit
Watching “Bridgerton” in a “Heated Rivalry” world
Melanie McFarland
In refreshingly different ways, these lusty pleasures have freed TV's hero romances from straight expectations
Why right-wing media can’t stop Candace Owens
Sophia Tesfaye
Erika Kirk’s defense of herself gets drowned out by “Bride of Charlie” documentary
The Epstein files are conspiracy-pilling everybody
Andi Zeisler
The deliberately opaque releases and redactions are bringing America’s biggest conspiracy theories back
Historians resist Trump’s effort to police the past
Chauncey DeVega
Attempts to reshape the Smithsonian reflect a broader campaign to control public memory and what Americans learn
In “Industry,” queerness is capital
Coleman Spilde
The gripping HBO drama is gayer than ever, but don't expect its backstabbing characters to make a fuss about it
The BAFTAs have us arguing over the wrong words
Melanie McFarland
Assigning guilt over a slur yelled at the British Academy Film Awards ignores the real issues: impact and intent
Trump is swift boating the midterms
Heather Digby Parton
POTUS is considering an executive order declaring a voting emergency. Its main instigator helped sink John Kerry
The women of “Pretty in Pink” deserved better
Coleman Spilde
Forty years on, it's time to admit John Hughes' film is worse off for dulling Andie and Iona's shine
Everyone should live like Miss Piggy
Melanie McFarland
Celebrated in a culture that teaches girls to shrink themselves, Miss Piggy has long stood as a glittering rebuttal
Salmon is the real “Traitors” power player
Francesca Giangiulio
On the cutthroat reality show, the players’ favorite breakfast harbors its own secrets
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