In a nation filled with infighting over our collective identity, where nobody can agree on an interpretation of our history, perhaps what we need is someone who doesn’t care.More »

This list was originally published on June 3, 2022. We’ve updated it to include Laura Dern’s subsequent roles, including her part in Palm Royale. More »

Lenny Kravitz is “just waking up” at his Bahamas home on a recent morning when we say hello. Our conversation begins in a living room, but — no, hang on — him, his mint tea, and his open-chested denim vest wo... More »

Music biopics tend to follow the same beats: A sensitive and singular talent too pure for this world wants to create but falls prey to the lure of fame and drugs and a culture of exploitation that the movie usually perpetuates but is uninterested in examining. Still, since 2018, when the definiti... More »

The seminal British spy-fi series The Prisoner, which ran for 17 episodes in 1967–68, was an oddity that cast a long shadow, influencing many better-remembered weirdo TV series that came later, including Twin Peaks, The X-Files, and Lost. Each episode began wit... More »

It’s finally the night of the much-talked-about Beach Ball — and even in the midst of it, there’s still a power struggle over who exactly is hosting it. Technically, Maxine and Evelyn are co-hosting, but Norma looms. “This was supposed to be my night,” she confides in Robert, complaining to him a... More »