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A 2003 Jon Cates interview with video artist Dan Sandin vs. a 2023 The Great Discontent interview with multidisciplinary artist Beatie Wolfe.
A 2017 Red Bull Music Academy interview with composer Harold Budd vs. a 2021 Washington Square Review interview with author Yaa Gyasi.
The tedious yet fascinating daytime drama Dark Shadows (1966-1971).
Mid-Century Modern is amusing, but has yet to rise above the sitcom formula completely.
A 2002 Index Magazine interview with musician Brian Eno vs. a 2023 Zone One Arts interview with watercolor painter Elizabeth Becker.
The White Lotus remains unbalanced: a show with great writing, great acting, and zero visual coherence or rhythm.
English Teacher is a rare education-based series about the difference between academic progress and comprehensive learning.
A 2025 New York interview with publisher Nick Denton vs. a 2025 Maclean’s interview with historian Timothy Snyder.
Roger Lewis’ Erotic Vagrancy is a brilliant biography of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
Lady Gaga’s March 8 appearance on Saturday Night Live joins the show’s pantheon of great musical performances.
A 2008 The Believer interview with philosopher Mary Midgley vs. a 2010 Pop Matters interview with comedian Paul Mooney.
Adolescence is an examination of radicalization, masculinity, violence, and youthful bullying, one which never descends into a pat lecture.
It’s time to select God’s franchise player.
Is there a hidden mechanism of existence?
John Carter knew there’s no negotiating with death cults.
Natalie Portman and Jennifer Connelly!
Manly vignette found in womanly book.
If only today’s corporations gave out seedlings.
They’ll listen to the truth from God, Ezra Klein, or Jon Stewart, not from Musk.
Liberal outrage and conservative sensibilities.
Little known facts about Sesame Street.
The actors talk about their religion in this talk show from the 1980s.
The actor talks about the audition process and more in this interview recorded at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
The actor talks candidly about his alcoholism and his return to the stage with Equus.
The actor talks about The White Lotus and his anxiety over spoiling the finale.
The cinematographer at work behind the scenes of David Lynch’s final major work.
Mike White and the cast talk about the end of Season 3.
The late actor talks about Marlon Brando and more in this October 2, 1996 interview.
The writer talks about his extraordinary biography on Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
The filmmaker, actor, and adventurer talks to Anderson Cooper about his work and his life.