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Pink Floyd (Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images)

"Wish You Were Here" at 50

Kenneth Womack
George Clooney in "Jay Kelly" (Peter Mountain/Netflix)

George Clooney's existential crisis

Coleman Spilde
Ethan Hawke as Lee Raybon in "The Lowdown" (Shane Brown/FX)

"The Lowdown" puts a gritty spin on noir

Melanie McFarland
Mark Ruffalo and Martha Plimpton in "Task" (Peter Kramer/HBO)

"Task" balances grit with grace

Melanie McFarland
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1956: Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The Colonel wasn't Elvis' villain

Kenneth Womack
Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh in "Alien: Earth" (FX)

“Alien: Earth” knows how it all ends

Melanie McFarland
Producer Bill Cutler, center, directs Dylan DiMartini as they mix a guitar solo at the Record Plant studios in Sausalito, California on August 13 ,2003. (Frankie Frost/MediaNews Group/Marin Independent Journal via Getty Images)

Inside the Record Plant’s legacy

Kenneth Womack
Bruce Springsteen (Al Pereira/WireImage/Getty Images)

Springsteen’s "Tracks II" unearths gold

Kenneth Womack
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Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his son Spike (Alfie Williams) in "28 Years Later" (Miya Mizuno/Sony Pictures)

We all have a rage virus now

Coleman Spilde
(L-R) Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko and Garth Hudson of The Band, 1971 (Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns/Getty Images)

The Band’s secret weapon gets his due

Kenneth Womack
Author Joan Didion and her husband, John Gregory Dunne, captured in candid moments (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Lauri Gaffin / Frank Edwards)

The final fact-check of Joan Didion

Andi Zeisler
Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal in "Materialists" (Atsushi Nishijima)

Don't call "Materialists" a rom-com

Coleman Spilde
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Check up visit in doctor's office (Getty Images/Tetra Images)

The risks of "diagnosis creep"

Lola Butcher - Undark
Generic picture of a businessman displaying empty pockets (Getty Images/The AGE)

Never date a "broke dude"

Daria Solovieva
Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale in "Poker Face" (Peacock)

The throwback comfort of "Poker Face"

Melanie McFarland
Illustration of Catherine Coulson as The Log Lady, seen in "I Know Catherine" (Alex Shurun)

A life worthy of a "Twin Peaks" enigma

Coleman Spilde
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Vietnam Veteran Jack Ellis (Courtesy of Netflix)

A brutal, honest view of the Vietnam War

Melanie McFarland
Stressed businessman feeling desperate on crisis stock market, investment concept (Getty Images/Nattakorn Maneerat)

Passive investing goes Hollywood

Daria Solovieva
Diego Luna in "Andor" (Lucasfilm/Disney+)

"Andor" shows the cost of resistance

Melanie McFarland
Nathan Fielder in "The Rehearsal" (John P. Johnson/HBO)

"The Rehearsal" is a choppy flight

Melanie McFarland
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Kelly Marie Tran, Lily Gladstone, Han Gi-Chan and Bowen Yang in "The Wedding Banquet" (Luka Cyprian/Bleecker Street)

Remaking a cult classic the right way

Coleman Spilde
Isabela Merced and Bella Ramsey in "The Last of Us" (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

"The Last of Us" will break your heart

Melanie McFarland
Paul McCartney and John Lennon backstage at the Finsbury Park Astoria, London, during the band's Christmas Show residency on December 30, 1963. (Val Wilmer/Redferns)

Idealizing Lennon and McCartney’s bond

Kenneth Womack
Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder in "Hacks" (Courtesy of Max)

“Hacks” unlearns the showbiz playbook

Melanie McFarland
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