• Film and TV

    Reality TV

    How I Survived the Toxic Cult of America’s Next Top Model

    Sarah Hartshorne: “I didn’t care how I was represented, as long as I was on TV.”

     
    By Sarah Hartshorne  July 9, 2025
    Streaming Guide

    The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in July

    By Emily Temple  June 27, 2025
    The Hub

    Why are we so obsessed with stories about a group of friends in the big city?

    By Brittany Allen  June 25, 2025
    Wrestling

    “Shakespeare in a Ring.” Hulk Hogan and the Rise of Pro Wrestling in the American Psyche

    By Marc Raimondi  June 25, 2025
    Hollywood

    Sodom and Gomorrah on Celluloid: How the Hays Code Took the Sex Out of Hollywood

    By Michael Koresky  June 24, 2025
    Feminism

    How Sex and the City Exemplifies Late 20th-Century Feminist Despair

    By Alice Bolin  June 23, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Travel

    Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  June 20, 2025
    Film

    Why America Can’t Get Enough of The Wizard of Oz

    By Hazel Gaynor  June 18, 2025
    Travel

    Here’s everything that’s making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  June 13, 2025
    The Hub

    Is winter finally coming for A Song of Ice and Fire fans?

    By Brittany Allen  July 8, 2025
    The Hub

    Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  June 6, 2025
    The Hub

    Seven books to scratch that Pride and Prejudice itch.

    By Brittany Allen  June 4, 2025
    The Hub

    All the fake books in Wes Anderson’s multiverse, ranked.

    By Brittany Allen  June 2, 2025
    Streaming Guide

    The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in June

    Arson and Amnesia

    By Emily Temple  May 30, 2025
    Travel

    Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  May 23, 2025
    Jane Austen

    Jane Austen’s Legacy Lives on in Rom-Coms

    By Hannah Benson  May 16, 2025
    TV Writing

    Enjoying the Sweet Stink of The Gilded Age in the Age of Billionaires

    By Danielle Teller  May 15, 2025
    The Hub

    What to read next if you loved Sinners.

    A vampire's reading list.

    By Brittany Allen  May 14, 2025
    The Hub

    Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  May 9, 2025
    Entertainment

    How Reality Television Warps Our Understanding of Political and Economic Realities

    By Eunji Kim  May 7, 2025
    The Hub

    Here are the things that are making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  May 2, 2025
    Influences

    In Praise of the Dark and Innovative Genre-Bending of Twin Peaks

    Lauren Haddad Shares the Lynchian Influences That Shaped Her Debut Novel

    By Lauren Haddad  May 1, 2025
    Streaming Guide

    The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in May

    By Emily Temple  April 30, 2025
    The Hub

    Pullman hive, attention! We’re getting one last Dark Material.

    By Brittany Allen  April 29, 2025
    The Hub

    Showbiz shows and publishing shows:
    A list of pairings.

    By Brittany Allen  June 12, 2025
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