‘It’s Just a Funny Thing to Do’Pod Save America host Jon Lovett doesn’t seem particularly comfortable with being a public figure. He went on Survivor anyway.
Against ‘Women’s Writing’Rachel Cusk’s gender fundamentalism fully surfaces in her latest novel, Parade.
ByAndrea Long Chu
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Dakota Johnson Is Actually Great in DaddioSean Penn is better than he’s been in years in Christy Hall’s old-fashioned strangers-in-a-cab drama. But Johnson nearly acts him off the screen.
ByBilge Ebiri
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Faust Goes to FidiThe producers of Sleep No More are back with the whirlwind immersive-theater project Life and Trust.
The Longform Episodes We Won’t ForgetWith the long-running journalism podcast coming to an end, we asked media people to tell us the episodes they can’t get out of their heads.
Janet Planet Will Grow on YouAnnie Baker’s coming-of-age film features a career-best performance from Julianne Nicholson as a crunchy single mom living in Western Massachusetts.
Yorgos Lanthimos Is Not Your FriendPoor Things was an empowerment fantasy. The director’s latest film, Kinds of Kindness, is a return to his primary interest — control.