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Features

Clubs Closed, Comedians Search for Laughs Offstage

Comedy in the 2010s Didn't Die—It Evolved

Robert Pattinson Is the Perfect Modern Movie Star

The Oral History of Brockhampton... as Told by Brockhampton

Why Are Pop Songs Sung So Quickly These Days?

How Our Sexless, Disconnected Generation Is Reinvigorating the Love Son

Welcome to the Jazzless Age: Change in New York Times coverage spells trouble for a scene 

Tax Freeze: How Nyack Went from 9% To Nothing 

Ghost shops and farting corpses: How viral conceits became Trojan horses for brilliant dramas 

The 82 rarely seen films Jonathan Demme wanted you to see

 

Profiles

Brittany Howard Got Personal, and Now Her Music Is More Political Than Ever

Exit Interview: Skyler Gisondo Was Your Favorite Actor's Favorite Actor in 2019

First Pardison Fontaine Made Money Moves With Cardi B and Kanye West—Now He's Ready for Stardom of His Own​

Tay Keith Is Bringing Memphis to the World

Meet the Producer Who Helped Lift Ariana Grande's 'thank u, next' to the Top of the Charts

Scott Isbell Wants to Make America(n Music) Great Again 

The Legend Of Preacherman: How an Ex-IBM Repairman's Obscure, Far-Out Funk Made it to a David Byrne Label

On Movies

Hollywood Doesn’t Know How to Use Will Ferrell Anymor

You will remember this: Oscars 2017

“Gemini” is a brilliant, modern take on the murder mystery

Cinema is dead, don’t bother me with the facts 

What the Safdie brothers’ crime caper “Good Time” says about America in 2017

“Landline” review: ’90s nostalgia with a side of modern messiness

“Baby Driver” is great, but it won’t change the studio franchise system

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Shape of Water’ is a stunning fairy tale about being seen

Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’ is a reminder that “white working class” doesn’t just mean one thing 

What came before “Daughters of the Dust”: A new series focuses on little-known works from black female filmmakers
How “The Florida Project” found its magical setting 

 

On TV

HBO's The Outsider Has the Best Cast on TV

How High Maintenance Became “Law & Order for Millennial Actors

Papier-Mâché Eyeballs, Go-Go Dancers, Secret Passwords: A Look at The Eyeslice

The Game of Thrones Finale Was the Wrong Sort of Fantasy

HBO’s 'Barry' Should Go on Forever​

It’s all in the algorithm: In new season, “Silicon Valley” puts laughs in all the right places 

Surprise! The twists in the “Homeland” season 6 finale pay off

Why “The President Show” may be here for the long haul 

Coffee, pie and nudity: “Twin Peaks” comes to life in New York

“Room 104” is both incubator and stage for filmmakers you should know

 

On Media

Press falls in line behind Trump’s “presidential” play

Field of one: What Donald Trump’s decision not to fill out a bracket says about his media strategy

Al Franken and Jake Tapper channel Aaron Sorkin and still the good guy eats it

“Kompromat,” media ethics and the law: What happens if a Russian scandal video of Donald Trump does surface?

“Real World: SCOTUS Nomination”: Trump’s prime-time announcement was underwhelming TV but effective politics

On Music

Post Malone’s Right-Hand Man Is the Hottest Producer in the World

Something in the Water: Virginia Is for Aliens​

Vampire Weekend Successfully Reinvented Who They Are​

Mac Miller Was Proof That a Rapper Could Grow Up

How Noname Is Pushing Back Against Myths About Women in Hip-Hop and 'Conscious' Rap

Kanye West’s Steve McQueen–Directed ‘All Day’ Video Makes Noise at the Museum

H.E.R.’s Success Is a Testament to the Spectacle of Myster

Kanye West Is Desperate

With 'Everything Is Love,' Beyoncé and JAY-Z Flex on Kanye West and the World

The Best Song on Drake’s New Album, Scorpion, Is...

Life and Death With Flying Lotus, Earl Sweatshirt, and More at the Low End Theory Festival

Man of the times: On “More Life,” Drake is dialed into the sounds and possibility of the digital age

The omnivore’s delight: Experiencing New York’s diffuse music scene at Northside Festival

Good kid, mad country: Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN.” finds the rapper reckoning with God and America

A January to remember: Migos gets it all, fans ask for more

Yasiin Bey lets go: Ecstatic Apollo Theater show — with surprise special guests — kicks off his farewell tour

On Sports

Jesus Christ Motocross: Robbie Maddison Rides on Water

We Went There: Clippers-Mavs and DeAndre Jordan Night in Los Angeles

In Memoriam: Grantland’s The Basketball Tournament Team, 2015-2015

Trump’s NFL furor exposes his complete disregard for American workers

Tom Brady can be more than a historically great athlete

 

Interviews

Jim Jarmusch Is Here Now

T.I. Is Rap’s Foremost Crisis Hotline

Pusha-T Only Runs From Foxes​

Exit Interview: Lorelei Ramirez Is Comedy’s Most Exciting Breakout

Anderson .Paak Lets His Heart Guide the Way​

Rae Sremmurd Wants You to Appreciate Them for Who They Are

Betty Gabriel Is Waiting For Hollywood's Call

Flatbush Zombies Are Not Trippin

'Sorry to Bother You' Director Boots Riley on Working With Tune-Yards and Breaking the Rules of Soundtracks'

David Byrne talks new album ‘American Utopia’ and why we all have Reasons to Be Cheerful

Anna Deavere Smith talks ‘Notes From the Field’ and why she’s excited about the future of art

Q&A: ‘Blade Runner 2049’ director Denis Villeneuve doesn’t want to live in 2017, either

Essays & Other

Bodega Breakfast

Could Alex Jones possibly be a brilliant artist?

Jonathan Demme: The mentor, the maestro, the model

Lemme take a selfie: The art and vanity of protest photography

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