Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner Gives You Permission to Be Sad
In 2021, Michelle Zauner was on top of the world. She’d become a best-selling author with her debut memoir, Crying in H Mart, which was quickly optioned to be adapted…
Ghibli AI Slop Insults Life Itself. Please, Just Watch an Actual Studio Ghibli Movie Instead
For much of the second half of the twentieth century and beyond, Disney animation formed the bedrock of countless kids’ movie experiences through the company’s regular cycles of theatrical re-releases,…
Britt Lower on the ‘Severance’ Season 2 Finale, Fan Theories & Helly’s Future
Major spoilers for Severance season two finale, “Cold Harbor,” below. When Severance first premiered in 2022, the world was just beginning to grapple with the paradigm-shifting changes the pandemic had…
‘The White Lotus’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap: Howling at the Moon
For the past few episodes, Mike White has been hinting that the metaphorical tide is pulling out on our White Lotus vacationers, indicating a tsunami is on the way. With…
In Defense Of The Soothing Banality Of ‘With Love, Meghan’
The concept of Netflix’s new lifestyle series With Love, Meghan seems simple enough: Here is Meghan Markle — or, as some know her, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. She is a…
‘The White Lotus’ Season 3, Episode 4 Recap: The Void Within
Sawadee Ka, and welcome back to another week in Mike White’s version of beautiful hell. The plot has been moving slowly this season, even for vacation, but episode four does…
Sophie Thatcher On ‘Yellowjackets,’ ‘Scream Queen’ Label & New Music
“I’m probably less moody than people think,” Sophie Thatcher tells me. This is the Sophie Thatcher who plays a hardened teenage castaway-turned-cannibal in Yellowjackets, cable’s gnarliest show. The same Thatcher…
The Best TV Shows & Movies To Watch In March
With all the prognosticating, behind-the-scenes drama and glitzy months-long campaigning, it’s easy to forget what awards season is actually about: celebrating the magic of filmmaking and all that we love…
Zoe Saldaña Made History at the 2025 Oscars, but Latine Hollywood Failed to Rise to the Moment
The 97th Oscars are in the books and wow, was that a boring show. Obstinately, the drama was supposed to come from who won the statuettes — with a three-way…
‘Severance’ Creator Dan Erickson Talks About ‘Chikhai Bardo,’ What Lumon Wants With Gemma, and Where the Show Goes From Here
Major spoilers for the seventh episode of Severance Season Two, “Chikhai Bardo,” are below. This week’s Severance episode, “Chikhai Bardo,” co-written by series creator Dan Erickson, peels back the curtain…