Nikki Giovanni’s Legacy of Black Love
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Nikki Giovanni died this week, at the age of eighty-one, as…
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Remembering Kenneth Branagh’s Shakespearean Heyday (and Forgetting His Recent Lear)
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story So—a few weeks ago, I saw Kenneth Branagh in “King Lear”…
Are You Overreacting?
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Along with three quarters of a million other people, I’m a…
The Hollow Allure of Spotify Wrapped
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I joined Spotify, the Swedish streaming service, toward the end of…
The Best TV Shows of 2024
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For the past two decades or so, cinema’s loss has been…
Kendrick Lamar’s Year on Top
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The film “Paid in Full,” from 2002, is a fictionalized retelling…
Eric Drooker’s “A Seasonal Delivery”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story As soon as December rolls around, children everywhere start keeping an…
The Best Performances of 2024
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Midway through the A24 film “Sing Sing,” Divine G, an incarcerated…
Mike Leigh’s Love Affair with Real Life
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The British realist director Mike Leigh loves the term “character actor,”…