Oof, What a Mess
Just to get this out of the way: Anyone inclined to dislike Tony Hinchcliffe’s new Netflix special Man of the People on principle is not going to change…
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‘Oh My God, They’re Ruining the Show’
From the day it premiered, Twin Peaks had a problem. Audiences wanted to know who killed Laura Palmer; David Lynch and Mark Frost weren’t interested in telling them…
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It’s once again Music’s Biggest Night, where heavy hitters vie for the most esteemed qualifiers to stick onto album packaging. There’s a lot for five-time host Trevor Noah…
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Photo: The Invite/All photos are copyrighted and may be used by press only for the purpose of news or editorial coverage of Sundance Institute programs. Photos must be…
Read more The Invite Is Occasionally Funny, But That’s About ItI Miss When the Golden Globes Were Deranged
Keeping pace with Hollywood’s awards horserace. Sign up for the newsletter here. Aaron Taylor Johnson winning a Globe for Nocturnal Animals in a year when Moonlight’s Mahershala Ali…
Read more I Miss When the Golden Globes Were DerangedEvery Single Thing Happening at the 2026 Golden Globes
How many awards will One Battle After Another win?As the season’s overwhelming Oscar favorite, Paul Thomas Anderson’s film looks likely to take Best Picture – Musical or Comedy as well…
Read more Every Single Thing Happening at the 2026 Golden GlobesThe Eyes Wide Shut Conspiracy
Photo-Illustration: Dewey Saunders; source photos: Warner Bros. Pictures; Getty Images. When Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut was released in the summer of 1999, the world shrugged. Critics didn’t…
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Photo-Illustration: Vulture Every month, Emma Alpern and Jasmine Vojdani recommend new fiction and nonfiction books. You should read as many of them as possible. See their picks from…
Read more 6 New Books You Should Read This DecemberWhose Time Is It Anyway?
Oscar Futures Keeping pace with Hollywood’s perpetual awards horserace. Sign up for the newsletter here. Paul Thomas Anderson, Michael B. Jordan, and Ariana Grande might be chasing the same…
Read more Whose Time Is It Anyway?Initiative Has 18 Charisma, 19 Dexterity, 20 Strength
The windows are down, the sun is a kaleidoscope through the reddening leaves, and I’m listening to Saves the Day’s Stay What You Are on the car CD-player,…
Read more Initiative Has 18 Charisma, 19 Dexterity, 20 StrengthDeath to the Penultimate Flashback Episode
Even when done well, the penultimate flashback episode has become such an endemic storytelling strategy in TV dramas that it should be abandoned on principle. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos:…
Read more Death to the Penultimate Flashback EpisodeDawn of a Dull Day: Tom Hanks in This World of Tomorrow
Tom Hanks in This World of Tomorrow at the Shed. Photo: Marc J. Franklin/Courtesy The Shed Whatever is happening at the Shed right now, it’s not really a…
Read more Dawn of a Dull Day: Tom Hanks in This World of TomorrowAll Her Fault Is a Misandrist Masterpiece
The rich white mommy drama sets its sights on the patriarchy in Sarah Snook’s first live-action TV series since Succession. Photo: PEACOCK The men in All Her Fault…
Read more All Her Fault Is a Misandrist MasterpieceI Love LA Is Young, Dumb, and Full of Fun
I Love LA doesn’t do a particularly good job announcing itself with its pilot, so to give you a better sense, I’ll spoil a joke. (If you’d prefer…
Read more I Love LA Is Young, Dumb, and Full of FunMFL Week Five Recap: Gothams Kick Off the Awards Rush
Illustration: James Clapham The first major nominations of awards season are here and everything is still coming up PTA. Thanks to a 2023 rule change that removed a…
Read more MFL Week Five Recap: Gothams Kick Off the Awards Rush‘MTV Was a Lot Like Kabul’
Cyndi Lauper leading the crowd at the first MTV New Year’s Eve party at Times Square. Photo: Allan Tannenbaum/Getty Images The news that MTV is shutting down its…
Read more ‘MTV Was a Lot Like Kabul’Mr. Scorsese Could Be Twice as Long and It Still Wouldn’t Be Enough
Rebecca Miller has a clear thesis in Mr. Scorsese: There will never be another Martin Scorsese. Over five episodes of the Apple TV+ docuseries, Miller augments this argument…
Read more Mr. Scorsese Could Be Twice as Long and It Still Wouldn’t Be EnoughThe Chair Company Is a Rich Text for Tim Robinson Sickos
Much as it leads Tim Robinson’s Ron down endless rabbit holes, The Chair Company is evocative and weird and captivating enough to make you chase your own theories…
Read more The Chair Company Is a Rich Text for Tim Robinson SickosOzzy Osbourne, Prince of Pilates?
“I want to feel confident enough to pull it off. Because it’s gotta be the fucking best show in the world.” Photo: Paramount+ Ozzy Osbourne died 17 days…
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Monster: The Ed Gein Story tiptoes toward a thought-provoking read on the American obsession with true crime. Then it blows right past it. Photo: COURTESY OF NETFLIX Spoilers…
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