Revisiting BlackPlanet, and a lost era when social media was still fun
The Idea of You is a modern spin on a Hollywood staple: someone famous falling for someone who’s not.
Ramy Youssef brought a politics of care to his first time hosting the show.
LaToya Ruby Frazier’s intimate, intergenerational portraits
Like much of America, the media mogul is feeling the cultural impact of the Ozempic era.
Two recent books dig into the crisis of modern love—and how we might forge more meaningful connections.
As the show has gotten more popular, it hasn’t abandoned its distinct regional humor.
A new film about the reggae legend sanitizes his commitment to social justice—and loses what made him so magnetic.
Roller skates and all, the R&B veteran’s performance underscored the value of showmanship.
A rare appearance by the actor Christina Applegate, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021, brought heart and humor to the ceremony’s celebration of TV history.
The reboot of the classic teen comedy Mean Girls sands off its source material’s edges, to mixed results.
The film dramatizes the quotidian absurdities that many Black writers face during their career.
The year’s most essential series
Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning, a new docuseries about the 1989 murder of Carol Stuart, revisits the case with an eye toward Boston’s stark racial divisions.
The legendary TV producer transformed the medium by listening to creators whose lives differed greatly from his own.
A new documentary about the pioneering sex researcher Shere Hite points to the barriers that women face when writing candidly about intimacy and power.
Pop culture of late, such as The Golden Bachelor, has been curious—and insightful—about love after 50 in a way that feels new and honest.
Hulu’s Black Cake explores how marriage, migration, and motherhood can shift one’s sense of self.
Black writers have long used science fiction, fantasy, and horror to dramatize the terrors of racism or to tell frightening tales.
The SNL alum returned to host the show’s much-anticipated return—and was somehow the perfect choice for it.