Donald Trump’s Official Portrait: The 17th Century Painting That Unlocks This Mysterious ImageFollowing the release of the US president-elect’s official portrait, an expert reveals how scouring the pages of art history can help decode its meaning.
20 Most Anticipated Movies of Sundance 2025From a J-Lo musical to docs on Sly Stone, house music and Pee-wee Herman—our picks for the must-see movies at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
The 14 Most Comforting Books for Cold Dark DaysFrom funny family sagas to cosy, uplifting reads, here’s our pick of the paperbacks to get you through winter.
Why Are Oft-Repeated Jokes or Stories Sometimes Called “Old Chestnuts”?There are several theories as to where this phrase came from—and none of them involves the nuts.
‘There Was a Hand Coming Through the Window’: The Surprising Story Behind Kate Bush’s First Hit Wuthering HeightsThe singer wrote her chart-topping debut single Wuthering Heights when she was just 18, beginning a unique career in music that reaches all the way to Stranger Things.
The 13 Greatest ‘S.N.L.’ Commercial Parodies“Saturday Night Live” begins the back half of its 50th season this weekend. Here, we kick off a series of features exploring and assessing its history and cultural impact.
25 New and Returning TV Shows You Should Add to Your 2025 WatchlistReal life is pretty mid at this point, so I'm committed to letting the soothing glow of the television (or tablet or phone) lull me into a state of peaceful euphoria.
K-pop's uncertain English-language futureYears before BTS broke the seal on K-pop in America, Teddy Riley saw the vision. The R&B trailblazer, whose production and songwriting pioneered new jack swing in the 1980s and '90s, turned an ear to Seoul in the late 2000s, producing for K-pop groups like f(x), EXO and Girls' Generation.
One of my favorite crime thrillers of all time is streaming free on Prime Video — and the critics got it wrongThere aren’t many movies I’ve defended more passionately in my time than “Only God Forgives." I can recall near shouting matches with friends as they declared it “gaudy” and "pretentious" and I declared it “memorizing” and “haunting.
The St. Alwynn Girls at SeaThere was a general sadness that day on the ship. Dani was walking listlessly from cabin to cabin, delivering little paper flyers announcing the talent show at the end of the month. She had made them the previous week; then had come news that the boys’ ship would not be attending.
You’ve always wondered, here’s the answer: do dogs actually watch TV?If you’re a dog owner, chances are you think your dog watches TV with you. If you’re a dog, there’s never been a better time for you to watch TV.
Novelist on a Deadline: Barry Malzberg, 1939–2024A speed demon at the typewriter, Malzberg wrote quickly and brilliantly in a variety of genres including mystery, thrillers, and erotica, but his core work was in science fiction. Barry Malzberg at ReaderCon in 2010.
Netflix just got one of the most uplifting movies of the past 10 years — and viewers rate it 91% on Rotten TomatoesThe recent release of “Babygirl” in theaters has got me thinking about the best Nicole Kidman movies, and while there are some obvious picks (like the first “Paddington” or Stanley Kubrick's “Eyes Wide Shut”), “Lion” definitely sticks out in my mind.
20 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2025The only thing that made me feel better about pruning down this list of 2025’s most intriguing science fiction, fantasy, speculative, and horror novels (crossed with romance, metafiction, and other subgenres) is that there are still so many more books to shout out about every month.
Subversive, warm and wild at heart: David Lynch deserves all his tributesDavid Lynch, the director of Twin Peaks, Eraserhead and Blue Velvet, who has died at the age of 78, leaves behind the cinematic descriptor “Lynchian”, described in the Oxford English Dictionary as “juxtaposing surreal or sinister elements with the mundane” and “using compelling visual imag